1
a
: a member of the Quechuan peoples of Peru maintaining an empire until the Spanish conquest
b
: a king or noble of the Inca empire
2
: a member of any people under Inca influence
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The subterranean maze stands as a testament to the ingenuity of the Inca civilization that built it.
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Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
By the late ’90s, the company had gobbled up the assets of most of its competitors — classic labels like Tico, Alegre and Inca.
—Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter captured new images of small, dark features that resemble spiders scuttling across the Martian region known as Inca City near the Red Planet's south pole.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
Opened in 2018 about an 80-minute drive northwest of Cusco, the restaurant sits at 11,700 feet above sea level, next to an Inca archaeological site called Moray.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 27 Dec. 2024
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Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
By the late ’90s, the company had gobbled up the assets of most of its competitors — classic labels like Tico, Alegre and Inca.
—Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter captured new images of small, dark features that resemble spiders scuttling across the Martian region known as Inca City near the Red Planet's south pole.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
Opened in 2018 about an 80-minute drive northwest of Cusco, the restaurant sits at 11,700 feet above sea level, next to an Inca archaeological site called Moray.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Inca.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Inca. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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