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 the language of the Incas
See also Quechua
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In•ca
(ing′kə),USA pronunciation n.
In•ca•ic
(ing kā′ik, in-),USA pronunciation adj.
In′can, n., adj.
- Archaeologya member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Archaeologya ruler or member of the royal family in the Incan empire.
- Quechua inka ruler of the Inca state
- Spanish
- 1585–95;
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