QUECHUA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Quechua mean? 

• QUECHUA (noun)
  The noun QUECHUA has 3 senses:

1. a member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire

2. a community of South American Indians in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Incan Empire

3. the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas

  Familiarity information: QUECHUA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUECHUA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Kechua; Quechua

Hypernyms ("Quechua" is a kind of...):

South American (a native or inhabitant of South America)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Quechua"):

Inca; Incan; Inka (a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru)

Derivation:

Quechuan (of or relating to the Quechua or their language)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A community of South American Indians in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Incan Empire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Kechua; Quechua

Instance hypernyms:

community (a group of people living in a particular local area)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Kechua; Kechuan; Quechua; Quechuan; Quechuan language

Hypernyms ("Quechua" is a kind of...):

American-Indian language; American Indian; Amerind; Amerindian language; Indian (any of the languages spoken by Amerindians)

Derivation:

Quechuan (of or relating to the Quechua or their language)