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quechua
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun quechua has 3 senses
- quechua(n = noun.person) kechua - a member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire; Array is a kind of south american indian
- quechua(n = noun.group) kechua - a community of South American Indians in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Incan Empire; Array is a kind of community
- quechua(n = noun.communication) kechua, kechuan, quechuan, quechuan language - the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas; Array is a kind of american-indian language, american indian, amerind, amerindian language, indian
has particulars: inca, incan, inka
Derived form adjective quechuan1
Derived form adjective quechuan1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
quechua, n. (also Quichua) a S. American Indian language widely spoken in Peru and neighbouring countries.
Derivative
Quechuan adj.
Etymology
Sp. f. Quechua
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