inca
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 4
Definition of inca
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A member of the group of Quechuan peoples of highland Peru who established an empire from northern Ecuador to central Chile before the Spanish conquest.
“To honor the spirits that take form as mountains, the Inca stoneworkers carved rock outcrops to replicate their shapes.”
“Archaeologists say the Incas, brought down by the Spanish conquest, used khipus – strands of woolen cords made from the hair of animals like llamas or alpacas – as an alternative to writing.”
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noun
-
A member of the group of Quechuan peoples of highland Peru who established an empire from northern Ecuador to central Chile before the Spanish conquest.
“To honor the spirits that take form as mountains, the Inca stoneworkers carved rock outcrops to replicate their shapes.”
“Archaeologists say the Incas, brought down by the Spanish conquest, used khipus – strands of woolen cords made from the hair of animals like llamas or alpacas – as an alternative to writing.”
- Any of several species of hummingbirds in the genus Coeligena
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish inca, from Classical Quechua inka (“emperor”).
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