"Inca" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɪŋkə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Inca.wav Forms: Incas [plural], Inca [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋkə Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish inca, from Classical Quechua inka (“emperor”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|es|inca}} Borrowed from Spanish inca, {{der|en|qwc|inka|t=emperor}} Classical Quechua inka (“emperor”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Inca}} Inca (plural Incas or Inca)
  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. Derived forms: Inca dove, Inca lily, Incan, Peruvian Inca Orchid Translations (member of the group of Quechuan peoples): inca [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 印加 (Yìnjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), Inka [masculine] (Czech), inka [common-gender] (Danish), Inkao [masculine] (Esperanto), Inkaino [feminine] (Esperanto), inka (Finnish), Inka [masculine] (German), Inki [masculine] (Icelandic), Inceach [masculine] (Irish), インカ (Inka) (Japanese), 잉카 (Ingka) (Korean), 잉카인 (Ingkain) (Korean), Inca [masculine] (Latin), इन्का (inkā) (Marathi), inka [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), inka [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Inka [masculine] (Polish), inca [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), и́нка (ínka) (Russian), Инка [Cyrillic, feminine, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Inka [Roman, feminine, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), inca [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "member of the group of Quechuan peoples",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Inka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "member of the group of Quechuan peoples",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inca"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Inca"
}

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