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Inca

Inca Meaning & Definition
Inca Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inca?

[n] a member of the small group of Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors to create the great Inca Empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s
[n] a ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family)

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See Also | Kechua | Quechua | ruler | swayer

Inca In Webster's Dictionary

\In"ca\, n. (a) An emperor or monarch of Peru before, or at the time of, the Spanish conquest; any member of this royal dynasty, reputed to have been descendants of the sun. (b) pl. The people governed by the Incas, now represented by the Quichua tribe. {Inca dove} (Zo["o]l.), a small dove ({Scardafella inca}), native of Arizona, Lower California, and Mexico.

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