cacique, cazique
(noun) black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
