[1] Their name is now spelled "Kadiwéu" in Portuguese (plural Kadiwéus).

[3] The Kadiweu are also known as the Cadiguebo, Cadioeo, Caduveo, Caduvéo, Caduví, Cayua, Guaicuru, Kadiveo, Kadivéu, Kadiweu, Kaduveo, Kaiwa, or Mbayá-Guaikurú.

[1] The Kadiweu today live in the Kadiweu Indigenous Land, a large reserve established in 1903,[2] in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul in the municipality of Porto Murtinho, between the Serra de Bodoquena and the Nabileque and Aquidavão rivers.

[3] The Kadiweu are the largest surviving branch of the Mbayá people.

[2] During the War of Triple Alliance of 1865–1870, the Kadiweu fought against Paraguay on the side of Brazil.