Chibcha

[ chib-chuh ]

noun,plural Chib·chas, (especially collectively) Chib·cha for 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.
the extinct language of the Chibcha.

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The semi-civilized Chibcha people occupied the table-land of Bogota.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | Various
It was the centre of Chibcha civilization before the Spanish conquest and sustained a large population.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 | Various
One hundred and fifty thousand people live on that plain to-day, and the population in Chibcha times was probably even larger.
The South American Republics, Part II (of 2) | Thomas C. Dawson
One may also see some rocks on which are carved certain figures long supposed to be Chibcha hieroglyphics.
Up the Orinoco and down the Magdalena | H. J. Mozans
We have but two sources of information respecting the much-debated question of Chibcha culture.
Up the Orinoco and down the Magdalena | H. J. Mozans

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