Inca

See also inca, and încă

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Spanish, from Quechua inka "emperor, male of royal blood".

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɪŋkə/, X-SAMPA: /"INk@/
• Homophone: inker (in non-rhotic accents)
• Rhymes: -ɪŋkə

Noun

Inca (plural Incas)

1. A member of the group of Quechuan peoples of highland Peru who established an empire from northern Ecuador to central Chile before the Spanish conquest.

Derived terms

• Inca dove
• Incan

Translations

member of the group of Quechuan peoples

• Catalan: inca (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 印加 (cmn) (Yìnjiā)

• Finnish: inka (fi)

• Japanese: インカ (ja) (Inka)
• Marathi: इन्का (mr) (inkā)
• Russian: инка (ru) (ínka)
• Spanish: inca (es)

Anagrams

• Cain
• NIAC