Etymology

Casiquiare

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Today it means: A distributary of the upper Orinoco flowing southward into the Rio Negro, in Venezuela. Full definition →

Spanish Casiquiare ← Ye'kwana Kashishiwade
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  1. Ye'kwana · derived fromKashishiwade
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromCasiquiare
  3. English todayCasiquiare

Borrowed from Spanish Casiquiare, itself borrowed from Ye'kwana Kashishiwade.

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