Chibcha

See also: chibcha

English

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Noun

Chibcha (plural Chibchas or Chibcha)

1. Synonym of Muisca.
   • 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 31:

     As he approached Bogotá, the capital of the most powerful Chibcha kingdom, he encountered two other Spanish expeditions, both of which had penetrated the hinterland of Tierra Firme from different points on the Caribbean coast […] .