American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - n. The Quechuan language of the Inca empire, now
widely spoken throughout the Andes highlands from southern
Colombia to Chile. - n. A member of a South American Indian
people originally constituting the ruling class of the Inca
empire. - n. A member of a Quechuan-speaking people. - n. A
member of one of several South American ethnic groups that spans
Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, northern Chile, and in
Ecuador and southern Colombia. - n. The language spoken by these
people. - n. the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the
Incas - n. a member of a South American Indian people in Peru
who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire - n. a
community of South American Indians in Peru who were formerly
the ruling class of the Incan Empire - Spanish, from Quechua
qichwa (literally "temperate valley") (Wiktionary) - Spanish,
from Quechua kkechuwa, plunderer. (American Heritage® Dictionary
of the English Language, Fourth Ed