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Saci

Saci proper noun: a young, black, one-legged prankster in Brazilian folklore, who smokes a pipe and wears a magical red hat that enables him to disappear.

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Proper noun (1)

Saci

  1. A young, black, one-legged prankster in Brazilian folklore, who smokes a pipe and wears a magical red hat that enables him to disappear.

Proper noun (2)

Saci

  1. (Hinduism) The goddess of wrath and jealousy in Hindu mythology.

Forms of Saci

alternative formShachi

Origin of Saci

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese saci, from Old Tupi sa'si.

From Sanskrit शची (śacī).

Questions about Saci

What does Saci mean?
Saci means a young, black, one-legged prankster in Brazilian folklore, who smokes a pipe and wears a magical red hat that enables him to disappear.
What part of speech is Saci?
Saci is a proper noun.

Words near Saci in the dictionary

  1. Sachs's solution
  2. Sachs-Hornbostel
  3. Sachse
  4. Sachsgate
  5. Sachsian
  6. Saci
  7. Sacian
  8. Sacians
  9. saciety
  10. sacituzumab govitecan
  11. sack

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