How do you use Cacique in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like oriole, plus the exact meaning.
Cacique meaning
- A tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.
- A local political leader in Latin America, Spain, or the Philippines.
- Any of a number of tropical birds from Central America and South America in the genera Cacicus, Cassiculus, and Amblycercus.
Synonyms of Cacique
Using Cacique
- The main meaning on this page is: A tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies. | A local political leader in Latin America, Spain, or the Philippines. | Any of a number of tropical birds from Central America and South America in the genera Cacicus, Cassiculus, and Amblycercus.
- Useful related words include: cazique, new world oriole, american oriole, oriole.
Context around Cacique
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cacique
- In this selection, "cacique" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, father, caciques, leader and chief stand out and add context to how "cacique" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the cacique leader s and by a cacique chief. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cacique" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cacique
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They were organized into cacicazgos (chiefdoms), each led by a cacique (chief). (12 words)
At the time the native city was called Quauhcapolca and the cacique leader's name was Macuilmiquiztli, not Nicarao. (19 words)
Even in the final decade, the samba-empolgação (samba-excitement) of carnival blocks Bafo da Onça, Cacique de Ramos, and Boêmios de Irajá came into being. (26 words)
He had many women as his mistresses, the daughters of chieftains, but two legitimate wives who were Caciques Cacique is a hispanicized word of Caribbean origins, meaning "hereditary lord/chief" or "(military) leader". (33 words)
Bloomington IN: iUniverse, Inc.: 2011, pages 1–5 In her youth, her father, Cacique of Paynala, died and her mother remarried another Cacique, and bore a son. (27 words)
Even in the final decade, the samba-empolgação (samba-excitement) of carnival blocks Bafo da Onça, Cacique de Ramos, and Boêmios de Irajá came into being. (26 words)
Example sentences (5)
Bloomington IN: iUniverse, Inc.: 2011, pages 1–5 In her youth, her father, Cacique of Paynala, died and her mother remarried another Cacique, and bore a son.
At the time the native city was called Quauhcapolca and the cacique leader's name was Macuilmiquiztli, not Nicarao.
Even in the final decade, the samba-empolgação (samba-excitement) of carnival blocks Bafo da Onça, Cacique de Ramos, and Boêmios de Irajá came into being.
He had many women as his mistresses, the daughters of chieftains, but two legitimate wives who were Caciques Cacique is a hispanicized word of Caribbean origins, meaning "hereditary lord/chief" or "(military) leader".
They were organized into cacicazgos (chiefdoms), each led by a cacique (chief).