Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of several species of hummingbirds in the genus Coeligena

More definitions
  • 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
  • a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru
  • a ruler of the Incas (or a member of their family)

Examples

11 sentences
  1. The government of the Inca Empire controlled everything.

    deDie Regierung des Inkareiches kontrollierte alles. — Sudajaengi

  2. He was the ruler of the Inca Empire.

    ruОн был правителем Империи инков. — sharptoothed

    deEr war der Herrscher des Inkareiches. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. The Inca were religious people.

    ruИнки были набожным народом. — soweli_Elepanto

    deDie Inka waren ein religiöses Volk. — Wolf

  4. The Inca were a religious people.

    ruИнки были религиозным народом. — marafon

    deDie Inka waren ein religiöses Volk. — Wolf

  5. The Inca took baths more often than Europeans.

Forms

plural: incas
Singularinca
Pluralincas

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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:Inka
  • a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru:InkaIncan

Word family

1 related words
Derivedbrown inca

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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