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quechua

Que.chua \'kech-(*-)w*, k*-'chu:-*\ n or Quechua or Quechuas [Sp, fr. 
   Quechua kkechuwa plunderer, robber] pl  1a1: a people of central Peru  1a2: 
   a group of peoples constituting the dominant element of the Inca empir e 
   1b: a member of any of these peoples  2a: the language of the Quechua 
   people widely spoken by other Indian people s of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, 
   Chile, and Argentina 2b: a language family comprising the Quechua language  
   - Que.chu.an ajor ;n