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Inka

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In·ka  (ngk)
n.
Variant of Inca.
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Noun1.InkaInka - a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru
Incan, Inca
Kechua, Quechua - a member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire
2.Inka - 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
Inca
Peru, Republic of Peru - a republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries


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For example, despite many clues in post-conquest sources (often written by Spanish colonial leaders or clergy), scholars only realized in the late 1990S that the bunches of intricately knotted strings produced by the Inka actually represent a writing system yielding three-dimensional written texts.
The myth of the passive Indian: was America before Columbus just a ... by Sturgis, Amy H. / Reason
By Inka Ahola and Karoliina Korhonen, assisted by Richard Widerberg and Kimmo Modig, it was certainly the funkiest, with tubular foam plastic tentacles stretching out from two parallel walls, cushioning the space and affording strong absorption of secondary sounds.
Habitare, Finland's largest furniture and interior design fair, ... by Dawson, Julia / The Architectural Review
In a gesture that other nations might be well advised to follow, the United States did not name a representative but donated its budget to support the presence of ten American artists selected by Hug--among them painter Inka Essenhigh (whose catalogue entry I contributed) and such less familiar names as film and video artists the Neistat Brothers and photographer Alec Soth.
Bienal de Sao Paulo: Pavilhao Ciccillo Matarazzo, Parque do Ibirapuera by Schwabsky, Barry / Artforum International
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