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Quechua

(kec̸h′wä, -wə)

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

Origin: Sp < Quechua qheswa, qhechwa, temperate valleys

Related Forms:

Quechuan adjective, noun

See Quechua in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also Kech·ua

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.

Origin:

Origin: Spanish

Origin: , from Quechua kkechuwa, plunderer

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