Incan

adj

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the Inca people and culture. not-comparable

    "Gene Savoy, an amateur archaeologist whose success in finding some 40 Incan and pre-Incan ruins in Peru was matched by a flair for self-promotion that drew on his tales of peril in the jungle, his bandito mustache and Stetson hat, and a retinue of would-be explorers who paid to accompany him, died on Sept. 11 at his home in Reno, Nev. He was 80."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or pertaining to the Incas or their culture or empire wordnet

Synonyms

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incainka

Example

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"Cuzco was the centre of the Incan empire."

Etymology

From Inca + -an.

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