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noun, plural Quech·uas, (especially collectively) Quech·ua for 2.
1.
the language of the Inca civilization, presently spoken by about 7 million people in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.
2.
a member of an Indian people of Peru speaking Quechua.
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Quechua
is always a great word to know.
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Quechua
1840, from Sp., from Quechua kechua "plunderer, destroyer." Indian people of Peru and surrounding regions.
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