'Inca' definitions:
Definition of 'Inca'
From: WordNet
noun
A ruler of the Incas (or a member of his family)
noun
noun
The small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s [syn: Inca, Inka]
Definition of 'Inca'
From: GCIDE
- Inca \In"ca\, n. (a) An emperor or monarch of Peru before, or at the time of, the Spanish conquest; any member of this royal dynasty, reputed to have been descendants of the sun. (b) pl. The people governed by the Incas, now represented by the Quichua tribe. [1913 Webster]
- Inca dove (Zool.), a small dove (Scardafella inca), native of Arizona, Lower California, and Mexico. [1913 Webster]