The Clue
Quechua ruler (4 letter answer)
The Answer
INCA
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Notes
The answer INCA is seen frequently, appearing about once every 50 puzzles.
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Definition
INCA as a noun:
1. a ruler of the Incas (or a member of his family)
2. (Inca, Inka, Incan) = a member of the small group of Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors to create the great Inca empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s