Definitions
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- noun a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high)
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Examples
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He was far more at home shouting "cachi" (salt in Quichua) to his herds of cattle.
Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923
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I've lived in Italy for the past nine years and have always wondered what cachi were and now I know.
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The news of this Indian, who was a Quillis-cachi of Cuzco, made Viracocha hasten his flight to Chita, whither the Chancas sent their messengers summoning him to surrender, and threatening war if he refused.
History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa
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But the Quillis-cachi, mourning over the destruction of his country, disappeared from among the Chancas and went to Cuzco to give the alarm.
History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa
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So he collected the most precious spoils, and took them to his father who was in Chita, with a principal _orejon_ named Quillis-cachi Urco Huaranca.
History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa
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Il faudra etre patient pour les photos depuis cachi car le debit est tres lent ici ...
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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In my region they are called caco (plur. cachi) (pronounced kakow/kaki) which is always the subject of gross joke (caco/cachi means "I/you shit", in Italian).
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[Note 55: Garcilasso de la Vega describes Cayau-cachi as a small village of about 300 inhabitants in his time.
History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa
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[Footnote 1: "_Cachini_; dar el ser y hazer que sea; _cachi chiuachic_, el autor y causa de algo."
American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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