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Quech⋅uan

  [kech-wuhn] adjective, noun, plural -uans, (especially collectively) -uan.
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the Quechua language or people.
–noun
2. Quechua.
Origin:
1835–45; Quechu(a) + -an
Quechua
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Quech⋅ua

  [kech-wah, -wuh]
–noun, plural -uas, (especially collectively) -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.
Also, Kechua, Kechuan, Quechuan, Quichua.
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Quech·uan   (kěch'wən)   
n.  A subgroup of the Quechumaran languages, the most important language being Quechua.
adj.  Of or relating to the Quechua or their language or culture.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

Quechua 
1840, from Sp., from Quechua kechua "plunderer, destroyer." Indian people of Peru and surrounding regions.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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