Atahualpa

American  

[ah-tah-wahl-pah] / ˌɑ tɑˈwɑl pɑ /

Also Atabalipa

noun

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

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Atahualpa British  

/ ˌætəˈwɑːlpə, ˌætəˈbɑːlɪpə /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

A 17th century Dutch print of the last Inca emperor, Atahualpa, is altered to obscure the chains that bind him and replaces them with a dignified cloak.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2022

But for Atahualpa Carusí, the vote was about something far more basic: running water.

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2021

“In it Diamond wonders why it was Pizarro who came to capture Atahualpa in Peru and not Atahualpa who came to capture Charles V in Spain,” Binet said.

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2021

The government palace is named after the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro Gonzalez, who some 500 years ago captured and ultimately executed the indigenous leader Atahualpa in Cajamarca, Castillo's home region in northern Peru.

From Reuters • Jul. 28, 2021

In 1532 Pizarro and fewer than two hundred men captured Atahualpa, the Inca chief, who had an army of fifty thousand soldiers.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos