inca

Definition of Inca in English :

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Noun

1. inca

a ruler of the Incas (or a member of his family)

2. inca, incan, inka

a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru

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3. inca, inka

the small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s

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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Inca

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noun plural -ca or -cas

1.

a member of an indigenous South American people whose great empire centred on Peru lasted from about 1100 ad to the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s and is famed for its complex culture

2.

the ruler or king of this empire or any member of his family

3.

the language of the Incas

Inca

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noun

1.

a member of a group of Quechuan or related Indian peoples that dominated ancient Peru until the Spanish conquest: the Incas had a highly developed civilization

2.

a ruler or member of the ruling family of these peoples, specif., the emperor

Inca

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n. pl. Inca or In·cas also Inka or In·kas

1.

a. A member of the group of Quechuan peoples of highland Peru who established an empire from northern Ecuador to central Chile before the Spanish conquest.

b. A ruler or high-ranking member of the Inca Empire.

2. A member of any of the peoples ruled by the Incas.

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