cacique

English - Turkish

Definition of cacique in English Turkish dictionary

kabile reisi

Kızılderili kabile reisi

(isim) kızılderili kabile reisi

Meksika ve Batı Hint adalarında kızılderili kabile reislerine verilen ad

English - English

Definition of cacique in English English dictionary

Originally a tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies

A local political leader in Latin America

Any of a number of tropical blackbirds from Central America and South America, family Icteridae

{i} local political chief (in Politics of Spain and Latin America); Indian chief during colonial and pre-colonial periods (mainly in the Spanish West Indies and different regions of Latin America); type of tropical songbird with black and red markings

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

Hyphenation

ca·cique

Turkish pronunciation

kısik

Pronunciation

/kəˈsēk/ /kəˈsiːk/

Etymology

() From Taino cacike or Arawak kassequa, both meaning "chieftain"