Amancay or Amankay is a common name of
Quechua 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 admin ...
.
The original denomination for the city of
Abancay
Abancay (from Quechua language: Hamanqay, Amanqay, or Amankay, meaning ''lily'') is a city in southern-central Peru. It is the capital of both the ApurÃmac Region and the Abancay Province, and serves an important cultural, economic, and politi ...
, capital of the
Apurimac region in
Peru
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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:
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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, Mexi ...
,'' which is commonly called ''Peruvian Lily'' or ''Lily of the Incas'', in South America, especially
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Alstroemeria pelegrina
''Alstroemeria pelegrina'', the Peruvian lily, is a species of flowering plant in the large genus ''Alstroemeria'' of the Family (biology), family Alstroemeriaceae (Inca-lilies), part of the monocot Order (biology), order Liliales. It is the typ ...
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Alstroemeria fiebrigiana
''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, Mexi ...
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Alstroemeria aurantiaca
''Alstroemeria aurea'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Alstroemeriaceae, native to Chile and Argentina, but naturalised in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It is also widely cultivated as an ornamental.
Common names i ...
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Alstroemeria patagonica
''Alstroemeria patagonica'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Alstroemeriaceae
Alstroemeriaceae is a family of flowering plants, with 254 known species in four genera (Christenhusz & Byng 2016 ), almost entirely native to the Ame ...
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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 Australia ...
'' species, which are often called "Amancay" in cultivation.
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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
See also
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Abancay
Abancay (from Quechua language: Hamanqay, Amanqay, or Amankay, meaning ''lily'') is a city in southern-central Peru. It is the capital of both the ApurÃmac Region and the Abancay Province, and serves an important cultural, economic, and politi ...
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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, Mexi ...
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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 admin ...
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