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 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, 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,'' which is commonly called ''Peruvian Lily'' or ''Lily of the Incas'', in South America, especially
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Alstroemeria pelegrina''
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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'' 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
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Inca Empire
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