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Yes. The word cacique is a Scrabble US word. The word cacique is worth 20 points in Scrabble:

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7-letter words (1 found)

CACIQUE,

6-letter words (1 found)

CAIQUE,

4-letter words (2 found)

CECA,QUAI,

3-letter words (7 found)

ACE,AUE,CUE,EAU,ECU,ICE,QUA,

2-letter words (4 found)

AE,AI,EA,QI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 16 words from cacique according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cacique

cacique

Alternative forms

  • cazic, cazique

Etymology

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

Noun

cacique (plural caciques)

  1. (historical) A tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.
    Synonym: chieftain
  2. A local political leader in Latin America, Spain, or the Philippines.
    Coordinate term: caudillo
  3. (ornithology) Any of a number of tropical blackbirds from Central America and South America, family Icteridae.

Translations

Further reading

  • cacique on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cacique.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.sik/

Noun

cacique m (plural caciques)

  1. (historical) chieftain (Indian chief in a tribe)
  2. (by extension) a very powerful person

Further reading

  • “cacique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ike
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ci‧que

Noun

cacique m (plural caciques)

  1. (historical) chieftain (Indian chief in a tribe)
  2. (by extension, derogatory) a very powerful person, in particular one who abuses and imposes his power locally for political gain; fat cat; tyrant
    • 1977, Suso Vaamonde / traditional, Ua! (song):

Derived terms

References

  • “cacique” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cacique” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cacique” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ca‧ci‧que

Noun

cacique m (plural caciques, feminine cacica, feminine plural cacicas)

  1. (historical) cacique (chieftain)
    Synonym: chefe
  2. (by extension) very powerful person
  3. (Brazil, informal) money

Derived terms

  • caciquismo

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /kaˈθike/ [kaˈθi.ke]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /kaˈsike/ [kaˈsi.ke]
  • Rhymes: -ike
  • Syllabification: ca‧ci‧que

Noun

cacique m (plural caciques, feminine cacique or cacica, feminine plural caciques or cacicas)

  1. (historical) chieftain (Indian chief in a tribe)
  2. (by extension) powerful person, fat cat
  3. (ornithology) cacique (bird)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: cacic
  • → English: cacique
  • → French: cacique
  • → Galician: cacique
  • → German: Kazike
  • → Portuguese: cacique

Further reading

  • “cacique”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org