Quechua, Kechua

a member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire

• Inca — a member of the small group of Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors to create the great Inca Empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s

• South American Indian — a member of a native Indian group in South America