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
- Incan languages such as Quechua and Aymara have an almost straightforward decimal system, in which 11 is expressed as ten with one and 23 as ...18 KB (2,501 words) - 09:02, 28 January 2024
- millennium when the Quitu tribe (from the Quechua civilization) occupied the ... to local pasillos, Latin American rhythms, Quechua-language programs, and news ...31 KB (4,586 words) - 00:07, 15 April 2023
- |footnote1=Quechua and other Amerindian languages spoken by indigenous communities. |footnote2=Sucre until 2000, followed by the U.S. dollar and ...30 KB (4,366 words) - 18:03, 12 February 2024
- were carried out using a yupana (quechua for "counting tool"; see figure) which was still in use after the conquest of Peru. The working ...17 KB (2,684 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- among peoples living in highlands of the Andes: Quechua and Aymara, mainly in Peru, and also in Bolivia and Ecuador. Andean harp has relatively large ...38 KB (6,027 words) - 20:53, 28 December 2023
- the term used for several ethnic groups that use a Quechua language in South America, particularly in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. ...21 KB (3,010 words) - 10:25, 7 June 2023
- Peru, and Uruguay, the avocado is known by its Quechua name, palta. In other Spanish-speaking countries it is called aguacate, and in Portuguese it ...22 KB (3,335 words) - 07:18, 23 August 2023
- |regional_languages = Araucano, Guaraní, Quechua,Welsh |ethnic_groups = 97.2% European (mostly Spanish and Italian descent ...44 KB (6,290 words) - 17:44, 4 January 2024
- natives' labor and cooperation, evangelized in Quechua, Nahuatl, Guarani, and other Native American languages, contributing to the expansion of these ...27 KB (3,995 words) - 12:25, 21 January 2023
- quot; comes, via Spanish, from the Quechua language of Peru (Harper 2001a, 2001b). ==Taxonomy and evolution== The cougar is the largest of the ...41 KB (6,179 words) - 00:14, 15 January 2023
- " or "sea gulls;" or from the Quechua chin, "cold," or the Aymara tchili, meaning "snow." Another meaning attributed ...39 KB (5,549 words) - 16:43, 10 December 2023
