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Huáscar

American  
[wahs-kahr] / ˈwɑs kɑr /

noun

  1. 1495?–1533, Inca prince of Peru (half brother of Atahualpa; son of Huayna Capac).

Huáscar British  
/ uaskar /

noun

  1. died 1533, Inca ruler (1525–33): murdered by his half brother Atahualpa

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Chile, which has a lingering border dispute with Peru, still has the Huáscar, a British-built ironclad captured from Peru during the war of the Pacific of 1879-83.

From Economist • Mar. 10, 2016

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