No. 11,966 in Spanish
inca
"Inca" refers to a member of the indigenous people of Peru who established an advanced civilization and empire before the Spanish conquest.
In a sentence
La cultura inca fue una de las más avanzadas de su época.
The Inca culture was one of the most advanced of its time.
Here, 'inca' is used as an adjective describing the culture, indicating its relation to the Inca civilization.
El emperador inca gobernaba con sabiduría.
The Inca emperor ruled with wisdom.
In this sentence, 'inca' serves as an adjective modifying the noun emperor, specific to the Inca Empire.
Visitamos las ruinas de una ciudad inca en Perú.
We visited the ruins of an Inca city in Peru.
The term 'inca' here is used adjectively to denote the city’s origin or association with the Inca civilization.
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