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Lane</a>, <cite>The War of the End of the World</cite>, Folio Society, published <span class="None" lang="und">2012</span>, page <span class="None" lang="und">12</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">In the corner where he slept, the Little Blessed One gradually built an altar, with printed images they gave him at the mission and a cross of <i><b>xiquexique</b></i> wood that he himself carved and painted.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2008</b></span>, Frances de Pontes Peebles, <cite>The Seamstress</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Each night the men sliced the squat <b>xique-xique</b> cactus into rounds, plucked out its thorns, and pressed down upon the slices with the flat faces of their knives.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div 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class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:Brazilian Portuguese">Brazil</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˌʃi.kiˈʃi.ki/</span></li></ul></div> <div class="vsHide"> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:Brazilian Portuguese">Brazil</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˌʃi.kiˈʃi.ki/</span> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Southern Brazil</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˌʃi.keˈʃi.ke/</span></li></ul></li></ul></div></div> <div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:European Portuguese">Portugal</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˌʃi.kɨˈʃi.kɨ/</span></li></ul></div> <p><span></span> </p> <ul><li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="pt">xi‧que‧-xi‧que</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=xique-xique&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#onomatopoeic" title="Appendix:Glossary">Onomatopoeic</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_2">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=xique-xique&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="pt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=xique&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="xique (page does not exist)">xique</a>-<a href="/w/index.php?title=xique&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="xique (page does not exist)">xique</a></strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-pt p-form-of" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/xique-xiques#Portuguese" title="xique-xiques">xique-xiques</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/music" title="music">music</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ganz%C3%A1#English" title="ganzá">ganzá</a></span> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/ganz%C3%A1#Portuguese" title="ganzá">ganzá</a></span></span></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=xique-xique&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Unknown. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_3">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=xique-xique&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="pt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=xique&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="xique (page does not exist)">xique</a>-<a href="/w/index.php?title=xique&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="xique (page does not exist)">xique</a></strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-pt p-form-of" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/xique-xiques#Portuguese" title="xique-xiques">xique-xiques</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">xique-xique</a></span> (<span class="biota"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pilosocereus_gounellei" class="extiw" title="wikispecies:Pilosocereus gounellei"><i>Pilosocereus gounellei</i></a></span>)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=xique-xique&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dicionario-aberto.net/search/xique-xique">xique-xique</a>” in <i>Dicionário Aberto</i> based on <i>Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo</i>, 1913</li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aulete.com.br/xique-xique">xique-xique</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Dicion%C3%A1rio_Contempor%C3%A2neo_da_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa" class="extiw" title="w:pt:Dicionário Contemporâneo da Língua Portuguesa">iDicionário Aulete</a></cite> (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, <span class="None" lang="und">2008</span>–<span class="None" lang="und">2024</span></span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dicio.com.br/pesquisa.php?q=xique-xique">xique-xique</a>”, in <cite>Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português</cite> (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, <span class="None" lang="und">2009</span>–<span class="None" lang="und">2024</span></span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dicionario.priberam.org/xique-xique">xique-xique</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Priberam" class="extiw" title="w:pt:Priberam">Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa</a></cite> (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, <span class="None" lang="und">2008</span>–<span class="None" lang="und">2024</span></span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/xique-xique">xique-xique</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Infop%C3%A9dia" class="extiw" title="w:pt:Infopédia">Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa</a></cite> (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, <span class="None" lang="und">2003</span>–<span class="None" lang="und">2024</span></span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dicionarioinformal.com.br/xique-xique">xique-xique</a>”, in <cite>Dicionário inFormal</cite> (in Portuguese), <span class="None" lang="und">2006</span>–<span class="None" lang="und">2024</span></span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://michaelis.uol.com.br/moderno-portugues/busca/portugues-brasileiro/xique-xique">xique-xique</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Michaelis" class="extiw" title="w:pt:Michaelis">Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa</a></cite> (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, <span class="None" lang="und">2015</span>–<span class="None" lang="und">2024</span></span></span></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: 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