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1.
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
2.
a ruler or member of the royal family in the Incan empire.
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Inca
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| Inca (ˈɪŋkə) | |
| —n , pl -ca, -cas | |
| 1. | a member of a South American Indian people whose great empire centred on Peru lasted from about 1100 |
| 2. | the ruler or king of this empire or any member of his family |
| 3. | See also Quechua the language of the Incas |
| [C16: from Spanish, from Quechua inka king] | |
| 'Incan | |
| —adj | |
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Inca
1594, from Sp. (1526), from Quechea, lit. "lord, king." Technically, only of the high Inca, but it was used widely for "man of royal blood."
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