Machu Q'inti (
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 ...
''machu'' old, old person, ''q'inti''
hummingbird,
[Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)] ''Q'inti'' a place nearby, "old Q'inti", hispanicized spelling ''Machuquente'', also Machu Q'ente) is an archaeological site in
Peru
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, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
, other_symbol_type = National seal
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. It is situated in the
Cusco Region,
Urubamba Province
Urubamba Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.
Geography
The province is bounded to the north by the La Convención Province, to the east by the Calca Province, to the south by the Cusco ...
,
Machupicchu District.
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"Grupo arqueológico de Machuquente", retrieved on February 24, 2014 Machu Q'inti is situated above the left bank of the
Willkanuta River, near the archaeological sites of
Wayna Q'inti (Quechua for young Q'inti),
Willkaraqay and
Patallaqta
Patallacta (possibly from Quechua ''pata'' elevated place / above, at the top / edge, bank (of a river), shore, ''llaqta'' place (village, town, city, country, nation), "settlement on a platform" pronounced "pahta-yakta"), Llactapata or Q'ente ...
which is also named Q'inti Marka (Quechua for hummingbird village).
References
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Archaeological sites in Peru
Archaeological sites in Cusco Region