Quechua
noun
- pl. Quechuas or Quechua a member of a group of South American Indian peoples dominant in the former Inca Empire
- the language of these peoples, now spoken widely in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, and Chile
See Quechua in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also Kech·ua (kĕchˈwə, -wäˌ) or Quich·ua (kēchˈ-)
noun pl. Quechua Quechua or
Quech·uas also
Kechua or
Kech·uas or
Quichua or
Quich·uas - The Quechuan language of the Inca empire, now widely spoken throughout the Andes highlands from southern Colombia to Chile.
a. A member of a South American Indian people originally constituting the ruling class of the Inca empire.
b. A member of a Quechuan-speaking people.
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