Inca
[ ing-kuh ]
/ ˈɪŋ kə /
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noun
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
a ruler or member of the royal family in the Incan empire.
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Origin of Inca
1585–95; < Spanish < Quechua inka ruler of the Inca state
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Inca
/ (ˈɪŋkə) /
noun plural -ca or -cas
a member of a South American Indian people whose great empire centred on Peru lasted from about 1100 ad to the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s and is famed for its complex culture
the ruler or king of this empire or any member of his family
the language of the IncasSee also Quechua
Word Origin for Inca
C16: from Spanish, from Quechua inka king
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Inca
1590s, from Spanish Inga (1520s), from Quechea Inca, literally "lord, king." Technically, only of the high Inca, but it was used widely for "man of royal blood."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper