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Quichua

American  
[keech-wah, -wuh] / ˈkitʃ wɑ, -wə /

noun

plural

Quichuas,

plural

Quichua
  1. Quechua.


Quichua British  
/ ˈkɪtʃwə /

noun

  1. a variant of Quechua

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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

“Who knows,” she says in Quichua, which I’m understand- ing more of, little by little.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

When I told Mamita about it, she frowned and muttered some- thing in Quichua.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau