Amancay or Amankay is a common name of

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

origin. Yurak amankay (Quechua for white lily''') was occasionally used as a title, with the addition of several more, when referring to the most respected noble ladies of the

Inca Empire The Inca Empire (also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire), called ''Tawantinsuyu'' by its subjects, ( Quechua for the "Realm of the Four Parts", "four parts together" ) was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The adm ...

. The original denomination for the city of Abancay, capital of the Apurimac region in

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, is attributed to a princess or " ñusta" of Inca epoch called Amanqay. In essence, the word Abancay comes from a corruption of the Quechua "Hamanqay o Amancaes" (Hemenocallis longipetala). Amancay may refer to several plants: *''

Alstroemeria ''Alstroemeria'' (), commonly called the Peruvian lily or lily of the Incas, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Alstroemeriaceae. They are all native to South America, although some have become naturalized in the United States, Mex ...

,'' which is commonly called ''Peruvian Lily'' or ''Lily of the Incas'', in South America, especially **''

Alstroemeria pelegrina ''Alstroemeria pelegrina'', the Peruvian lily, is a species of flowering plant in the large genus ''Alstroemeria'' of the family Alstroemeriaceae (Inca-lilies), part of the monocot order Liliales. It is the type-species of that genus, originally ...

'' **'' Alstroemeria fiebrigiana'' **'' Alstroemeria aurantiaca'' **'' Alstroemeria patagonica'' *''

Lagerstroemia ''Lagerstroemia'' (), commonly known as crape myrtle (also spelled crepe myrtle or crêpe myrtle), is a genus of around 50 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs native to the Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia, northern Australi ...

'' species, which are often called "Amancay" in cultivation. *''

Ismene amancaes ''Ismene amancaes'', commonly called amancae or amancay, is a herbaceous plant species in the family Amaryllidaceae and native to the coastal hills of Peru. Description ''I. amancaes'' is a species with spherical bulbs 3.5–5 cm in dia ...

'', which is called Peruvian daffodil or Amancae

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