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Quechua

Pronunciation: /ˈkɛtʃwə/
(also Quecha /ˈkɛtʃə/, Quichua)
Definition of Quechua

noun (plural same or Quechuas)

  • 1a member of an American Indian people of Peru and parts of Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador.
  • 2 [mass noun] the language or group of languages of the Quechua, spoken by some 11 million people.

adjective

  • relating to the Quechua or their language.

Derivatives

Quechuan

(also Quechan) adjective & noun

Origin:

Spanish, from Quechua ghechwa 'temperate valleys'

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