Quechua Definition
kĕchwə, -wä
kechua, quechua, quechuas, quichua, quichuas
noun
A member of a group of South American Indian peoples dominant in the former Inca Empire.
Webster's New World
The language of these peoples, now spoken widely in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, and Chile.
Webster's New World
A member of a Quechuan-speaking people.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- kechua
- Kechuan
- Quechuan language
- quechuan
pronoun
The language spoken by these people.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Quechua
Noun
Singular:
QuechuaPlural:
quechuasOrigin of Quechua
Spanish from Quechua (Cuzco dialect) qhichwa temperate valley (originally used in Spanish to designate the language of one Quechua-speaking ethnic group inhabiting the temperate valleys of the Andes and later extended to other groups)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Spanish, from Quechua qichwa (literally “temperate valley").
From Wiktionary
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