Inka

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Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A member of a specific Quechuan people: An Inka is a person belonging to the small group of Quechua speakers who historically lived in the Cuzco Valley in Peru.
    • A ruling class or ethnic group: The term refers specifically to the group that established a dominant empire in the Andean region.
Usage Examples
  • Noun:
    • The Inka developed a vast network of roads across the Andes.
    • An Inka ruler was known as the Sapa Inka.
Advanced Usage
  • "The Inka": When used with the definite article and often capitalized, it refers collectively to the people, their civilization, or their empire.
    • The Inka built Machu Picchu.
Variants and Related Words
  • Incan (adj): Of or relating to the Inka people or their empire.
    • Incan architecture is renowned for its precise stonework.
  • Quechua (n): The larger ethnic group and language family to which the Inka belonged.
    • Quechua is still spoken by millions in the Andes today.
Synonyms
  • Inca: An alternative, more common spelling for Inka.
  • Sapa Inka: Specifically refers to the emperor or ruler of the Inka Empire.
Notes on Meaning
  • The term Inka (also commonly spelled ) specifically denotes the ethnic group that formed the ruling class of the empire centered in Cuzco. It is distinct from the broader term "Quechua," which refers to the larger indigenous ethnic and linguistic group. The word can refer to an individual member of this group or to the group collectively as the founders and rulers of the pre-Columbian empire.
Noun
  1. the small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s
  2. a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru

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