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INCAN
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• INCAN (noun)
The noun INCAN has 1 sense:
1. a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru
Familiarity information: INCAN used as a noun is very rare.
• INCAN (adjective)
The adjective INCAN has 1 sense:
1. of or pertaining to the Incas or their culture or empire
Familiarity information: INCAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("Incan" is a kind of...):
Kechua; Quechua (a member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to the Incas or their culture or empire
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Inca (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)
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