Lenca
noun
a member of an Indigenous people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
Lencas
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pluralof Lenca.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Her most recent cause was a major dam project, sponsored by the Honduran government with Chinese financing, that the Lencas said would ruin their ancestral waterways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2016
In many districts the Indians are known as Lencas, a generic name which includes several tribes akin to the Mayans of Guatemala.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
