Huayna Capac

American  

[wahy-nah kah-pahk] / ˈwaɪ nɑ ˈkɑ pɑk /

Or Huaina Capac

noun

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

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Example Sentences

The Incan Empire reached the height of its glory in the early 1500s during the reign of Huayna Capac.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

A few weeks later, while still in Quito, Huayna Capac died of disease—probably smallpox.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

In the 1520s, Huayna Capac undertook a tour of Ecuador, a newly conquered area of the empire.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Fortunately for Pizarro and unfortunately for the Incas, smallpox had arrived overland around 1526, killing much of the Inca population, including both the emperor Huayna Capac and his designated successor.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

I. Huayna Capac makes a gold chain as big as a cable, and why.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 04 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert