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Quechua (kec̸h′wä, -wə)

noun

  1. pl. Quechuas -·uas or Quechua -·ua a member of a group of South American Indian peoples dominant in the former Inca Empire
  2. the language of these peoples, now spoken widely in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, and Chile

Etymology: Sp < Quechua qheswa, qhechwa, temperate valleys

Related Forms:

  • Quechuan Quech′uan (-wän, -wən) adjective, noun

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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