1
a
: a member of the Quechuan peoples of Peru maintaining an empire until the Spanish conquest
b
: a king or noble of the Inca empire
2
: a member of any people under Inca influence
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The Inca Empire lasted from around 1400 to 1533 A.D. — so the individual died some 400 years before the rise of the Incans.
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025
Researchers from Penn State University and in Bolivia have recently discovered a temple from the Tiwanaku civilization, one of the largest empires that emerged before the Inca.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2025
From the November 1967 issue: Peru’s Inca renaissance Khipus are another.
—Sam Kean, The Atlantic, 26 May 2025
When the photographer Víctor Zea was a child living in Lima, Peru, he was taught an Inca myth of origin.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025
Researchers from Penn State University and in Bolivia have recently discovered a temple from the Tiwanaku civilization, one of the largest empires that emerged before the Inca.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2025
From the November 1967 issue: Peru’s Inca renaissance Khipus are another.
—Sam Kean, The Atlantic, 26 May 2025
When the photographer Víctor Zea was a child living in Lima, Peru, he was taught an Inca myth of origin.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
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“Inca.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Inca. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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