Ca·xi·as (kə-shē'əs) A city of northeast Brazil east-northeast of Teresina. It is an agricultural processing center. Population: 106,000.
Caxias, Duke of. Title of Luiz Alves de Lima y Silva. 1803-1880. Brazilian general and statesman who commanded the Brazilian army that drove the Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas from Buenos Aires (1851).