The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
CACIQUE
cacique, cazique
(noun) black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cacique (plural caciques)
(historical) A tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.
Synonym: chieftain
A local political leader in Latin America.
Coordinate term: caudillo
(ornithology) Any of a number of tropical blackbirds from Central America and South America, family Icteridae.
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*cique", n. Etym: [Sp.]
Definition: See Cazique.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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AIR
(noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; “an air of mystery”; “the house had a neglected air”; “an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate’s headquarters”; “the place had an aura of romance”
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