How to Use Inca in a Sentence

Inca

noun

• Spirit of the Inca and Aztecs Millions are the ones with the biggest rewards.
  — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2024
• This group lived on the central coast of present-day Peru before the Inca Empire came to power.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
• The phenomenon may have even played a role in the collapse of ancient civilizations such as the Inca.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 24 June 2023
• Ceviche is likely from Quechuan, the language of the Inca Empire, where people used the word siwichi to describe fresh or tender fish.
  — Kim Severson, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2023
• The practice had been abandoned even before the rise of Inca civilization in the 13th century.
  — Chelsea Fisher, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2024
• Over 500 years ago, a teenage Inca girl died during a ritual sacrifice high in the Andes Mountains in present-day Peru.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2023
• With a staff of around 40, Inca has been adapting its software to track social media chatter surrounding banks.
  — Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 15 May 2024
• Scientists are still not sure exactly how Inca City formed.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Apr. 2024
• According to the researchers, many people were likely taken from regions conquered by the Inca Empire and brought to Machu Picchu.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2023
• This complicated craft was passed down from one generation to the next since before the Inca Empire crumbled in the 16th century.
  — Tim Brinkhof, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2023
• The Ychsma people, who lived in the area at that time, are credited with building at least 16 pyramids and dominated the central coast of modern Peru until the rise of the Inca empire.
  — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
• In South America, the Inca saw solar eclipses as a sign of the sun god’s displeasure; leaders would try to divine the source of his wrath and appease him with an appropriate sacrifice.
  — Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2024
• Officers, responding to reports of a boy walking near Inca Elementary with a gun tucked in his waistband, found a 13-year-old boy with a BB gun in the school's parking lot, police said.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2023
• But new research has revealed that this unassuming plaza dates back nearly five millennia, to an era that far preceded the Inca and their predecessors, like the Wari and Chimú cultures.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
• According to the company, the seven-day hiking tour will provide guests with a mix of scenery along the way and unique glamping and community visits that are not available to those hiking the more popular Inca Trail.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2023
• The team plans to study genetic samples from Inca Cusco to better understand the differences in the genetic composition of these two sites.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 July 2023
• In Peru, it is said that any self-respecting Peruvian will have an Inca Kola, a popular soft drink, with their arroz chaufa.
  — Sofia Andrade, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
• Aphrodisiacs of the Aztec and Inca Aztec and Inca societies used a huge number of aphrodisiacs, from peanuts to hallucinogenic mushrooms to insect larvae.
  — JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
• Salazar is currently excavating an Inca cemetery to learn more.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 July 2023
• The altitude is one reason why various Inca mummified remains have been found in remarkable states of preservation.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 28 Dec. 2023
• Modern researchers believe the Inca used the terraced rings to acclimatize crops to different altitudes for their highly vertical empire.
  — Simeon Tegel, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
• Depart for Ollantaytambo, one of the region’s most impressive Inca fortresses.
  — The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 7 Feb. 2024
• Peru’s archaeological wealth is recognized worldwide, with sites ranging from the ancient Caral civilization to those of the Inca, including legendary Machu Picchu.
  — WIRED, 14 Sep. 2023
• There were also traces of coca and alcohol, likely administered before Juanita's death—a common Inca practice when sacrificing children.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 28 Dec. 2023
• Archaeologists think the girl was sacrificed during an Inca ritual called capacocha.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2023
• Several mummies have previously been found in Peru, which is home to hundreds of archaeological sites of several civilizations that developed before and after the Inca Empire.
  — Claudia Rebaza, CNN, 28 Feb. 2023
• Rowe was an archaeologist and anthropologist known for his extensive research on Peru, specifically the Inca civilization.
  — Juan B. García, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Aug 2024