Inca
['ɪŋkə]
Definition
(noun.) 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.
(noun.) a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru.
(noun.) a ruler of the Incas (or a member of his family).
Typist: Ronald--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) The people governed by the Incas, now represented by the Quichua tribe.
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Definition
n. the name of the ancient kings and princes of Peru:—pl. Incas (ing′kaz).
Edited by Clifford
Examples
- Like Cortez, too, who had made a captive and tool of Montezuma, he seized the Inca of Peru by treachery, and attempted to rule in his name. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Aztecs of Mexico and the Incas of Peru used the process of fixing two metals together by the action of heat, before making up. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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