toshau
/ˈtɒʃaʊ/
toshau noun: the elected leader or chief of an indigenous village in Guyana, responsible for governance, administration, and representing the community's interests.
Noun
toshau (plural toshaus)
- The elected leader or chief of an indigenous village in Guyana, responsible for governance, administration, and representing the community's interests.
- A month later, the first hournalists and TV cameras arrrive in Fairview, the Amerindian village where Mr. Allicock is the toshau (village captain).2010, John Kline, Ethics for International Business: Decision-Making in a Global Political Economy, illustrated edition, Routledge, page 217
- It is expected that visitors should bring a gift of food for the Toshau (village leader and head of the village council).2015, Philip Sloan, Willy Legrand, Clare Hindley, The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Food and Gastronomy, Routledge, page ???
Forms of toshau
| plural | toshaus |
|---|
Origin of toshau
From the Wapishana language, referring to the elected leader or chief of an Indigenous community in Guyana.
Questions about toshau
- What does toshau mean?
- Toshau means the elected leader or chief of an indigenous village in Guyana, responsible for governance, administration, and representing the community's interests.
- What part of speech is toshau?
- Toshau is a noun.
- How do you pronounce toshau?
- Toshau is pronounced /ˈtɒʃaʊ/.
- What is the plural of toshau?
- The plural of toshau is toshaus.
Words near toshau in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: toshau (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “toshau.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/toshau. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.