cacique
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Taino *kasike (“chieftain”) or Arawak kassequa (“chieftain; power”), via Spanish cacique.
Noun[edit]
cacique (plural caciques)
- Originally a tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.
- A local political leader in Latin America.
- Any of a number of tropical blackbirds from Central America and South America, family Icteridae.
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Taino *kasike or Arawak kassequa, cazaqah (“chieftain; power”).
Noun[edit]
cacique m (plural caciques, feminine cacica, feminine plural cacicas)
Synonyms[edit]
- (chieftain): see chefe
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Taino *kasike (“chieftain”) or Arawak kassequa (“chieftain; power”).
Noun[edit]
cacique m (plural caciques, feminine cacica)
Derived terms[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Taino
- English terms derived from Arawak
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Icterids
- Portuguese terms derived from Taino
- Portuguese terms derived from Arawak
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Spanish terms derived from Taino
- Spanish terms derived from Arawak
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- es:Icterids
