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In·ca also In·ka   (ĭng'kə)   
n.   pl. Inca or In·cas also Inka or In·kas
    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.

    2. A ruler or high-ranking member of the Inca empire.

  1. A member of any of the peoples ruled by the Incas.


[Spanish, from Quechua inka, ruler, man of royal lineage.]
In·ka   (ĭng'kə)   
n.  Variant of Inca.
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inka

noun
1. a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru [syn: Inca
2. the small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s [syn: Inca
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