Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the Inca, their civilization, or their language.
- noun An Inca.
- noun Quechua.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the Incas of Peru. Also, rarely, Incarial.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the Incas.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the
Inca people and culture
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or pertaining to the Incas or their culture or empire
- noun a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru
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Examples
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Machu Picchu was built by the Incan emperor Pachacuti at the height of the Inca empire around 1450.
Meg Waite Clayton: Exploring Machu Picchu 100 Years After Hiram Bingham Meg Waite Clayton 2011
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Growing up in Los Angeles, a multi-ethnic city which merges the history, religion and languages of many different cultures, Retna created his own take on the commonly used Old English script by interlarding it with Asian characters, Incan and Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Crane.tv: Retna: Visual Rhythms Crane.tv 2011
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In both the Incan Empire and the first few centuries of Islam it shows up neatly — the promise of women from conquered areas (as well as a shortage internally due to established males taking nth wives) encourages lower status men to fight.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Interracial Marriage Rates Going Up 2010
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It's filled with pineapples, bananas, apples, oranges and other gifts I plan to present to Inti, the Incan God of the Sun.
Pam Grout: Praising The Incan Sun God Pam Grout 2011
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In both the Incan Empire and the first few centuries of Islam it shows up neatly — the promise of women from conquered areas (as well as a shortage internally due to established males taking nth wives) encourages lower status men to fight.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Interracial Marriage Rates Going Up 2010
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So why is chunkdz prepared to excuse the murder of an Incan child simply because it was accepted religious practice at the time?
A California Ruling 2009
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After all, it was the priest wielding the knife that declared the moral standards for Incan culture, so obviously he going to make sure he's innocent in the eyes of Incan society.
A California Ruling 2009
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The collapse of the Aztec and Incan kingdoms was expedited by the introduction of smallpox by Old World conquistadors.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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Provan: So why is chunkdz prepared to excuse the murder of an Incan child simply because it was accepted religious practice at the time?
A California Ruling 2009
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The collapse of the Aztec and Incan kingdoms was expedited by the introduction of smallpox by Old World conquistadors.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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