Incan (Noun)
Meaning
A member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The Inca Empire was built under the leadership of great warriors, including the famous Sapa Incan, Pachacuti.
- Historians have spent years studying the habits and social structure of the Sapa Incan people.
- More than 90 percent of the population were poor farmers, known as 'runakuna', working for the Sapa Incan state.
- Sapa Incan laws required every person over the age of three to pay taxes.
- The impressive stone fortress Sacsayhuamán that the ancient Sapa Incan people constructed survives to this day.