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
Mamita pats me on the shoulder and says some things in Quichua.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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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
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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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