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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

Mamita pats me on the shoulder and says some things in Quichua.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

More and more lately, Quichua words have been burying themselves deeper and deeper in dark places in my memory.

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