Huayna Capac

or Huai·na Ca·pac

[ wahy-nah kah-pahk ]

/ ˈwaɪ nɑ ˈkɑ pɑk /

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noun

c1450–1527?, Inca ruler of Peru 1493?–1527? (father of Atahualpa and Huascar).

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How to use Huayna Capac in a sentence

Huayna Capac had consulted them, and they answered that he would live a great while yet,—and Huayna Capac had promptly died.
The Spanish Pioneers|Charles F. Lummis
The inca Huayna-Capac, father of Atahualpa, under whom this vast empire was destroyed, had done much to increase and embellish it.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers|Jules Verne
I am he who has come back from the days that are dead—Vilcaroya, the son of Huayna-Capac.'
The Romance of Golden Star ...|George Chetwynd Griffith
It is supported by a similar account given by Acosta, of the famous Huayna Capac.
American Hero-Myths|Daniel G. Brinton

Huayna Capac had considerably extended the Peruvian empire by the conquest of the kingdom of Quito.
Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru|Albert Rville