Meaning of Inca in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈɪŋkə/

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  1. Noun

    Inca

    Etymology

    the name in Quechua, literally ‘lord, royal person’

    Definitions

    1. a ruler of the Incas (or a member of his family)
  2. 2. 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

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