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casis

noun

Etymology

From Spanish caciz or Portuguese caxis, which was from a dialectal pronunciation of Arabic قَاضٍ (qāḍin, “judge”). Doublet of qadi and alcalde.

  1. derived from قَاضٍ — “judge”
  2. derived from caxis
  3. derived from caciz

Definitions

  1. Obsolete form of qadi.

  2. a Muslim holy man or a saint.

The neighborhood

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