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1. A community of South American Indians in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Incan Empire
   - Quechua
    
2. A member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire
   - Quechua
    
3. The language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas
   - Quechua, Quechuan, Quechuan language, Kechuan

Derived forms: Kechuas

See also: Kechuan

Type of: American Indian, American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, community, Indian, South American Indian

Encyclopedia: Kechua