Associations to the word «Cacique»

Wiktionary

CACIQUE, noun. Originally a tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.
CACIQUE, noun. A local political leader in Latin America.
CACIQUE, noun. Any of a number of tropical blackbirds from Central America and South America, family Icteridae.

Dictionary definition

CACIQUE, noun. Black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics.

Wise words

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