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Jicaque

noun
Ji·ca·que
variants: or Xicaque \hēˈkä(ˌ)kā \
plural Jicaque or Jicaques or Xicaque or Xicaques

Definition of Jicaque 

1a : an Indian people of northern Honduras

b : a member of such people

2 : the language of the Jicaque people

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History and Etymology for Jicaque

Spanish, from Nahuatl xicaque, literally, ancient person

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