noun
Meaning 1
A tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chieftain
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cacique
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/kəˈsiːk/
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rhymes with -iːk
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CMU ARPABET: K AH0 S IY1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A local political leader in Latin America, Spain, or the Philippines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Any of a number of tropical birds from Central America and South America in the genera Cacicus, Cassiculus, and Amblycercus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cazique
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: New World oriole, American oriole, oriole
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cacique, from Taíno *kasike or Lokono kassequa, cazaqah (“chieftain; power”).
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: kazik — tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies
- German: Kazike — tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies
- Japanese: 酋長 (shōchō) — tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies
- Polish: kacyk — tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies
- Portuguese: cacique — tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies
- Finnish: turpiaali — bird of the family Icteridae
- Polish: kacyk — bird of the family Icteridae
- Spanish: cacique — bird of the family Icteridae
- Spanish: arrendajo — bird of the family Icteridae
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