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Inca

Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋkə/

The English word “Inca” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. 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.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish inca, from Classical Quechua inka (“emperor”).

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