Definitions for quechuaˈkɛtʃ wɑ, -wə
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Quech•ua*ˈkɛtʃ wɑ, -wə(n.)(pl.)-uas; -ua
a group of closely related American Indian languages spoken in Andean South America, from S Colombia and Ecuador to NE Argentina.
Category: Peoples
the form of Quechua spoken in Cuzco and its environs that served as the administrative language of the Inca state.
Category: Peoples
an American Indian speaker of Quechua.
Category: Peoples
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Quech′uan(adj.; n.)
Princeton's WordNet
Quechua, Kechua(noun)
a member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire
Quechua, Kechua(noun)
a community of South American Indians in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Incan Empire
Quechua, Quechuan, Quechuan language, Kechua, Kechuan(noun)
the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas
Wiktionary
Quechua(ProperNoun)
A member of one of several South American ethnic groups that spans Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, northern Chile, and in Ecuador and southern Colombia.
Quechua(ProperNoun)
The language spoken by these people.
Origin: from qichwa
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