a ruler of the Incas (or a member of his family)
"The newly crowned inca held a grand ceremony to honor the spirits of his ancestors."
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
"The documentary explored how the inca transformed a small Quechua group in the Cuzco Valley into a vast empire through strategic alliances and military might."
A member of the group of Quechuan peoples of highland Peru who established an empire from northern Ecuador to central Chile before the Spanish conquest.
"The ornithologist identified the rare inca hummingbird perched delicately on a wildflower bloom deep within the forest."
Any of several species of hummingbirds in the genus Coeligena