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Quich⋅ua

  [keech-wah, -wuh]
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–noun, plural -uas, (especially collectively) -ua.
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·ua also Kech·ua   (kěch'wə, -wä')   
n.   pl. Quechua or Quech·uas also Kechua or Kech·uas or Quichua or Quich·uas

  1. The Quechuan language of the Inca empire, now widely spoken throughout the Andes highlands from southern Colombia to Chile.

    1. A member of a South American Indian people originally constituting the ruling class of the Inca empire.

    2. A member of a Quechuan-speaking people.


[Spanish, from Quechua kkechuwa, plunderer.]
Quich·ua   (kēch'wə, -wä')   
n.  Variant of Quechua.
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