"A Cacique (Spanish: [ka\u02C8\u03B8ike]; Portuguese: [k\u0250\u02C8sik\u0268, ka\u02C8siki]; feminine form: cacica) is a title for the leaders of indigenous groups, derived from the Ta\u00EDno for the pre-Columbian chiefs or leaders of tribes in the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles. The Spanish used the word cacique as a title for the leaders of the other indigenous groups they encountered in the Western Hemisphere territories they occupied."@en .