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Inka

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See also: inka, -inka, and -inką

English

Noun

Inka (plural Inkas or Inka)

  1. Alternative form of Inca.

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Czech

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish inca (Inca), from Quechua inka (emperor, male of royal blood).

Noun

Inka m anim (relational adjective incký)

  1. Inca (member of the group of Quechuan peoples of highland Peru who established an empire from northern Ecuador to central Chile before the Spanish conquest)
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Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Finnish Inka, which is a short form of female name Ingrid.

Noun

Inka f (relational adjective Inčin)

  1. a female given name
  2. a diminutive of the female given name Ingrid
Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

Inka f (relational adjective Inčin)

  1. a diminutive of the female given names Jiřinka, Karolinka, or Reginka
Declension

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Finnish

Etymology

Short form of Inkeri (= Ingrid), also a rendering of the Swedish Inga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiŋkɑ/, [ˈiŋkɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iŋkɑ
  • Syllabification(key): In‧ka
  • Hyphenation(key): In‧ka

Proper noun

Inka

  1. a female given name

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Descendants

  • Czech: Inka

Statistics

  • Inka is the 141st most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 5,001 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,372 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish inca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪŋka/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: In‧ka

Noun

Inka m (strong, genitive Inkas or Inka, plural Inkas or Inka)

  1. (historical) Inca

Further reading

  • Inka” in Duden online
  • Inka” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Inka on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Quechua

Alternative forms

Noun

Inka

  1. Inca

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information ñuqap (my), singular ...
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