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Quiché

Pronunciation: /kiːˈtʃeɪ/
Definition of Quiché

noun (plural same or Quichés)

  • 1a member of a people inhabiting the western highlands of Guatemala.
  • 2 [mass noun] the Mayan language of the Quiché, with around 800,000 speakers.

adjective

  • relating to the Quiché or their language.

Origin:

the name in Quiché

Quiché in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Quiché in the US English dictionary
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