Tahuantinsuyo

Spanish

Etymology

From Tawantinsuyu (“land of the four parts”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tawantinˈsuʝo/ [t̪a.wãn̪.t̪ĩnˈsu.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /tawantinˈsuʝo/ [t̪a.wãn̪.t̪ĩnˈsu.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tawantinˈsuʃo/ [t̪a.wãn̪.t̪ĩnˈsu.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tawantinˈsuʒo/ [t̪a.wãn̪.t̪ĩnˈsu.ʒo]

• Rhymes: -uʝo
• Syllabification: Ta‧huan‧tin‧su‧yo

Proper noun

Tahuantinsuyo m

1. The Inca Empire (the pre-Columbian empire spreading over many parts of western South America)

Related terms

• Imperio incaico

 

Descendants

• → English: Tahuantinsuyo