cacique

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

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

Etymology

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

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Synonyms

cazique

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