Atahualpa

[ ah-tah-wahl-pah ]

noun

1. c1500–33, last Incan king of Peru (son of Huayna Capac ).

Atahualpa

/ ˌætəˈwɑːlpə; ˌætəˈbɑːlɪpə /

noun

1. Atahualpa?15001533MIncaPOLITICS: hereditary ruler ?1500–33, the last Inca emperor of Peru (1525–33), who was put to death by the Spanish under Pizarro

Example Sentences

A vast deal of sympathy, indeed, has been wasted upon Atahualpa.

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Atahualpa was led forth in fetters and chained to the stake.

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He had taken as one of his concubines the daughter of the conquered monarch of Quito and by her had a son named Atahualpa.

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Meanwhile Hernando de Soto with twenty horse was sent as an ambassador to Atahualpa's camp.

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Before he was garroted, Atahualpa begged that his remains might be preserved at Quito with those of his mother's people.

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