Definitions of Quechua [ˈkɛtʃ wɑ, -wə]

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Definition of 'Quechua'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Quechua
a group of closely related American Indian languages spoken in Andean South America, from S Colombia and Ecuador to NE Argentina.

2. Quechua
the form of Quechua spoken in Cuzco and its environs that served as the administrative language of the Inca state.

3. Quechua
an American Indian speaker of Quechua.

Definition of 'Quechua'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Quechua, Kechua
a member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire

2. (noun) Quechua, Kechua
a community of South American Indians in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Incan Empire

3. (noun) Quechua, Quechuan, Quechuan language, Kechua, Kechuan
the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas

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