inca

Other forms of inca

plural

incas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about inca

What does inca mean?

inca means "a ruler of the Incas (or a member of his family)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in inca?

inca has 2 syllables: in-ca. The stress falls on "in". In IPA it is /ˈɪŋkə/.

What is another word for inca?

Close synonyms include Inka, Incan, Inka. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is inca a common word?

inca is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.