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cacique

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7 lettersPronunciation /kəˈsiːk/Part of speech nounSorted acceiquStarts with CEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics

Word origin

Borrowed from Spanish cacique, from Taíno *kasike or Lokono kassequa, cazaqah (“chieftain; power”).

Used in a sentence

  • Mexico has loved a strong leader since before Moctezuma. Indigenous tribes were ruled by caciques, or chieftans^([sic]), and in some rural communities caciques are still unchallenged.

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