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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Inca
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.

2. Inca
a ruler or member of the royal family in the Incan empire.

Etymology: (1585–95; < Sp < Quechua inka ruler of the Inca state)

Definition of 'Inca'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Inca
a ruler of the Incas (or a member of his family)

2. (noun) Inca, Inka, Incan
a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru

3. (noun) Inca, Inka
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

Definition of 'Inca'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Inca
an emperor or monarch of Peru before, or at the time of, the Spanish conquest; any member of this royal dynasty, reputed to have been descendants of the sun

2. (noun) Inca
the people governed by the Incas, now represented by the Quichua tribe

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The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. Inca
a king or royal prince of the ancient original people of Peru.

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