Search results for "Quechua" - New World Encyclopedia
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- It is currently believed that the etymology of Potosí is Quechua. However, in Quechua the phoneme p'otoj does not refer to a thunderous ...14 KB (2,123 words) - 05:55, 30 November 2022
- of the origin of the term. It may derive from the Quechua huachu (orphan, vagabond) or from the Arabic chaucho (a type of whip used in herding animals ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 04:47, 18 April 2024
- combining words from the local languages Quechua and Aymara. It has also ... in Lake Titicaca, this one populated by Quechua speakers. About eight hundred ...14 KB (2,293 words) - 05:37, 4 March 2023
- The name Andes comes from the Quechua word anti, which means "high ... of the Andean peoples are those of the Quechua and Aymara language families. ...15 KB (2,126 words) - 19:59, 26 July 2023
- Cusco (also spelled Cuzco, and in the Quechua language as Qusqu 'qos.qo ) is a city in southeastern Peru near the Sacred Valley in the Andes ...22 KB (3,238 words) - 06:49, 12 January 2024
- actually written and pronounced limaq in the nearby Quechua I languages). It is worth noting that the same Quechuan word is also the source of the name ...19 KB (3,062 words) - 21:54, 31 January 2024
- The Republic of Bolivia (or Bulibiya in the Quechua language; Wuliwya in Aymara) is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered ...29 KB (4,244 words) - 23:38, 20 March 2024
- The plant's name is the Spanish spelling of the Quechua name ... *Quechua: ayara, kiuna, kuchikinwa, achita, kinua, kinoa, chisaya mama ...14 KB (2,175 words) - 15:58, 7 December 2022
- land of the four regions," in Quechua, the Inca culture was highly ... Catholic Church's evangelizing in Quechua, Aymara and Guaraní actually ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- crafts and goods in the markets and fairs. Quechua made up 30 percent of Bolivia ... official language of Bolivia, along with Quechua 21.2 percent, and Aymara ...15 KB (2,191 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- [[Image:A Quechua girl and her Llama.jpg|thumb|250px|A Quechua girl and her llama in Cuzco]] Llamas retain only one upper incisor as adults and ...18 KB (2,774 words) - 07:47, 9 March 2023
- the Mexican and Inca empires. Next to the Quechua of Peru and the Aymara in ... land of the four regions," in Quechua, the Inca civilization was ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 22:17, 30 November 2022
- their religion, customs, and language, Quechua, on their defeated rivals ... of over 1.6 million inhabitants. Quechua made up 30 percent of Bolivia ...25 KB (3,650 words) - 05:31, 4 March 2023
- public service called “mita” (a Quechua term mit'a meaning ... #039; rights, including recognition of Quechua as a national language and ...46 KB (6,833 words) - 23:21, 26 August 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group [[File:Hombre Shuar.jpg|thumb|250px|A Shuar man in traditional ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 17:14, 27 October 2020
- Mapuche. Contrary to popular belief, the Quechua word Arauco (rebel), is ... is some discernible lexical influence from Quechua. It is estimated that only ...21 KB (3,210 words) - 11:10, 9 March 2023
- de Los Indios de Los Reynos del Perú (1560), a Quechua grammar by Fray Domingo de Santo Tomás. From the latter part of the eighteenth century ...25 KB (3,469 words) - 22:17, 30 March 2023
- Spanish and Quechua are the official languages of Peru, while Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages are also spoken. Most of ...28 KB (4,030 words) - 08:43, 8 March 2023
- Machu Picchu (Quechua language: Old Mountain; sometimes called the "Lost City of the Incas") is one of the most well known sites of ...16 KB (2,638 words) - 04:50, 5 November 2022
- not able to contain the expansion of the Quechua, the third major ethnic ... are about 2.5 million people who speak Quechua, 2.1 million speak Aymara ...47 KB (6,955 words) - 19:42, 4 March 2024
