Chibcha

[ chib-chuh ]

noun

, plural Chib·chas, (especially collectively) Chib·cha

1. a member of a now extinct tribe of South American Indians, having an advanced culture, who lived on a high plateau of Bogotá, Colombia.
2. the extinct language of the Chibcha.

Example Sentences

The semi-civilized Chibcha people occupied the table-land of Bogota.

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It was the centre of Chibcha civilization before the Spanish conquest and sustained a large population.

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One hundred and fifty thousand people live on that plain to-day, and the population in Chibcha times was probably even larger.

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One may also see some rocks on which are carved certain figures long supposed to be Chibcha hieroglyphics.

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We have but two sources of information respecting the much-debated question of Chibcha culture.

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