Inca

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɪŋkə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ingkə)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
In•ca  (ingkə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Archaeologya member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
  2. Archaeologya ruler or member of the royal family in the Incan empire.
  • Quechua inka ruler of the Inca state
  • Spanish
  • 1585–95;
In•ca•ic  (ing kāik, in-),USA pronunciation adj.  Incan, n., adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Inca / ˈɪŋkə/ ( -ca, -cas)
  1. a member of an indigenous South American people whose great empire centred on Peru lasted from about 1100 ad to the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s and is famed for its complex culture
  2. the language of the Incas
    See also Quechua
Etymology: 16th Century: from Spanish, from Quechua inka kingˈIncan
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