Inca
A member of the group of Quechuan peoples of highland Peru who established an empire…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.
» The government of the Inca Empire controlled everything.
Die Regierung des Inkareiches kontrollierte alles.
Meaning
1 sensesA member of the group of Quechuan peoples of highland Peru who established an empire from northern Ecuador to central Chile before the Spanish conquest.
Inka
и́нкаínka
the small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s
Examples
11 sentencesThe government of the Inca Empire controlled everything.
deDie Regierung des Inkareiches kontrollierte alles. — Sudajaengi
He was the ruler of the Inca Empire.
ruОн был правителем Империи инков. — sharptoothed
deEr war der Herrscher des Inkareiches. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The Inca were religious people.
ruИнки были набожным народом. — soweli_Elepanto
deDie Inka waren ein religiöses Volk. — Wolf
The Inca were a religious people.
ruИнки были религиозным народом. — marafon
deDie Inka waren ein religiöses Volk. — Wolf
The Inca took baths more often than Europeans.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Spanish inca, from Classical Quechua inka (“emperor”).Borrowed from Spanish inca, from Classical Quechua inka (“emperor”).
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Forms
plural: Incas / IncaSynonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular