Quichua
Americannoun
plural
Quichuas,plural
Quichuanoun
Example Sentences
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Blanca Ashanga harvests corn in a field in the Quichua community of San Pedro Sumino in the province of Napo in the Ecuadorean jungle.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2013
The claimants called themselves Los Afectados, or the affected ones, and among their ranks were members of the Cofan and Quichua tribes.
From BusinessWeek • Mar. 10, 2011
At home, in the kitchen with my family, as the children chatter in Quichua and my parents slurp tea, I consider telling them about this honor.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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“Who knows,” she says in Quichua, which I’m understand- ing more of, little by little.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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When I told Mamita about it, she frowned and muttered some- thing in Quichua.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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