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Inca

Inca

5.6
A king or queen who ruled a large empire in Peru
  • noun
  • /ˈɪŋkə/
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  • According to legend, the ancestors of the Inca rulers were created by the sun God Inti, and they emerge from a cave called Tombotoko.

Examples

  • The Inca ruled over a vast empire in South America during the 15th and 16th centuries.

  • This would have been a civil servant or an administrator who was there to provide shadow for the the Inca or his Koya, his queen.

  • So they build New Spain on top of the two Inca capitals, Cusco and Lima.

  • The written texts describing Guaco Ocllo's family and landholding, along with the representation of elite women in Chivantito's painting, suggest that women in Chinchero used Yachacuscamcani as a local strategy to claim their ancestral Inca status and authority.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Many artifacts from the Inca civilization can be found in museums around the world.

  • According to historians, the last Inca emperor was captured by Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century.

Surface Forms

Inca singular
Incas plural

Etymology

Inca comes from the Quechua word inka, which means 'ruler' or 'lord', so the word was originally a title for the emperor and members of the royal family.