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
  • Long before the rise of the Inca empire, a group called the Chavín people thrived in ancient Peru.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
  • 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
  • The dining room banquette is upholstered in Claremont’s Inca stripe.
    — David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Modern people—the descendants of the Inca—still use khipu today in some parts of Peru and Chile.
    — ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • For 500 years, members of the Inca nation created such bridges, which were strong enough to support a marching army.
    — Joan Gaylord, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Wash it down with Inca Kola, a sweet, neon-yellow soda that’s popular in Peru.
    — Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
  • The subterranean maze stands as a testament to the ingenuity of the Inca civilization that built it.
    — Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The practice had been abandoned even before the rise of Inca civilization in the 13th century.
    — Chelsea Fisher, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2024
  • At one Inca cemetery in Peru, archaeologists unearthed the remains of a woman buried with her khipu.
    — ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • His favorite project was a reconstruction of a queen from the Wari culture, which preceded the Inca in ancient Peru.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Some of them were married (or given as concubines) to Inca nobles, others became priestesses, and some ended up as human sacrifices.
    — ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Inca bureaucrats recorded all the goings-on in their bustling empire using knotted cords called khipu, where the position and order of the knots represented numbers.
    — ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Read Next World 5,000-year-old temple — built before the Inca — discovered in Peru.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024
  • 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
  • By the late ’90s, the company had gobbled up the assets of most of its competitors — classic labels like Tico, Alegre and Inca.
    — Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • With just a hint of wintergreen oil, this was the preferred coca of the Inca, not to mention the key ingredient in the secret formula of Coca-Cola.
    — Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • Skiing feels special here in this picturesque part of the world, and to make the experience even more magical, book the private A-frame chalet with a fireplace and views of the mountains and Inca Lake.
    — Catherine Garcia, theweek, 22 July 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Known for its stunning remains of the Inca empire, travelers to Cuzco can immerse themselves in the city’s history by strolling through the Plaza de Armas, its central square in the old city.
    — Christine Burroni, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
  • The Inca Empire was conquered by the Spanish in 1532, and only a tiny percentage of ancient Incan khipus have survived.
    — Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • Because the hue, which is inspired by the C1’s Inca Silver color option, is the first matte production paint to feature on a Corvette since the 1960s.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2025

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