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cacique

ca·ci·que

UK/kəˈsiːk/ US/kʌˈsik/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

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Origin

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

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