cacicazgo

Borrowed from Spanish cacicazgo.

cacicazgo (plural cacicazgos)

1. (historical) A Taino chieftainship, ruled by a cacique.
2. (historical) The entailed estate of a cacicazgo.

From cacique +‎ -azgo.

• IPA^(key): /kaθiˈkaθɡo/ [ka.θiˈkaθ̬.ɣ̞o] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /kasiˈkasɡo/ [ka.siˈkaz.ɣ̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθɡo (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -asɡo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ca‧ci‧caz‧go

cacicazgo m (plural cacicazgos)

1. chieftainship (state of being a chieftain and resultant authority)

   Synonyms: cacicato, cacicatura

2. chieftainship (area ruled by a chieftain)

   Synonym: cacicato

• “cacicazgo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025