The

Inca Empire The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (, ), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political, and military center of the empire was in the city of Cusco. The History of the Incas, Inca ...

was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. Inca, Inka, or İncə may also refer to: *

Inca civilization The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (, ), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political, and military center of the empire was in the city of Cusco. The Inca civilisation rose fro ...

, centered in what is now Peru *

Inca people The Andean civilizations were South American complex societies of many indigenous people. They stretched down the spine of the Andes for from southern Colombia, to Ecuador and Peru, including the deserts of coastal Peru, to north Chile and no ...

, the people of the Inca Empire *

Quechua people Quechua people (, ; ) , Quichua people or Kichwa people may refer to any of the Indigenous peoples of South America who speak the Quechua languages, which originated among the Indigenous people of Peru. Although most Quechua speakers are nativ ...

, the people of the Inca civilization * Inca language, the

Quechuan languages Quechua (, ), also called (, 'people's language') in Southern Quechua, is an indigenous language family that originated in central Peru and thereafter spread to other countries of the Andes. Derived from a common ancestral " Proto-Quechua" ...

Sapa Inca The Sapa Inca (from ; ) was the monarch of the Inca Empire (''Tawantinsuyu'' "the region of the four rovinces), as well as ruler of the earlier Kingdom of Cusco and the later Neo-Inca State at Vilcabamba, Peru, Vilcabamba. While the origins ...

or Inka, the main ruler of the Inca Empire

People

* Glacinei Martins or ''Inca'' (born 1973), Brazilian footballer *

Edwin Valero Edwin Valero (3 December 1981 – 19 April 2010) was a Venezuelan professional boxer who competed from 2002 to 2010. He was an undefeated former world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBA super featherweight title from 2006 to 2 ...

or ''El Inca'' (1981-2010), Venezuela boxer *

Inca Garcilaso de la Vega Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (12 April 1539 – 23 April 1616), born Gómez Suárez de Figueroa and known as El Inca, was a chronicler and writer born in the Viceroyalty of Peru. Sailing to Spain at 21, he was educated informally there, where he li ...

or ''El Inca'' (1539–1616), Spanish Peruvian writer *

INCA (singer) Fabien Incardona (born May 18, 1985 at Six-Fours-les-Plages, France), is a French singer. Biography Fabien Incardona studied acting and singing at age 8. He was on stages with bands and was candidate in 2006 at the French Eurovision Song Cont ...

(born 1985), French singer * ''Inka'', nom de guerre of

Danuta Siedzikówna Danuta Helena Siedzikówna (nom de guerre: ''Inka''; underground name: ''Danuta Obuchowicz''; 3 September 1928 – 28 August 1946) was a Polish people, Polish medical orderly in the 4th Squadron of the Home Army 5th Wilno Brigade , 5th Wilno Br ...

(1928–1946), Polish national heroine, medical orderly in the Home Army * Inka Bause (born 1968), German singer, TV presenter and actress *

Inka Essenhigh Inka Essenhigh (born 1969) is an American painter based in New York City. Throughout her career, Essenhigh has had solo exhibitions at galleries such as Deitch Projects, Mary Boone Gallery, 303 Gallery, Stefan Stux Gallery, and Jacob Lewis Galler ...

(born 1969), American painter *

Inka Friedrich Inka Friedrich (born 1 November 1965 in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German actress. Having studied at the Berlin University of the Arts, Friedrich won the Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress for her starring role in the 2005 film 2005 in film ...

(born 1965), German actress *

Inka Grings Inka Grings (born 31 October 1978) is a German former international Association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker. She played sixteen years for FCR 2001 Duisburg before joining FC Zürich Frauen. She al ...

(born 1978), German footballer *

Inka Parei Inka Parei (born 1967 in Frankfurt) is a German writer who lives in Berlin. She studied sociology, political science, sinology and German studies. Parei won the 2003 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize The Festival of German-Language Literature () is a liter ...

(born 1967), German writer * Inka Wesely (born 1991), German footballer

Places

Inka (La Paz) Inka ( Aymara and Quechua for Inca, Hispanicized spelling ''Inca'') is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Bolivian Andes The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth ...

, a mountain in the La Paz Department, Bolivia *

İncə, Goychay İncə (also, İnçə and Incha) is a village and municipality in the Goychay Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the bo ...

, Azerbaijan *

İncə, Shaki İncə (also, Incha and Indzha) is a village and municipality in the Shaki Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the bound ...

, Azerbaijan *

Inca, Spain Inca () is a town on the Spain, Spanish island of Mallorca. The population of the Municipalities of Spain, municipality is 32,137 (2018) in an area of 58.4 km2. There is a junction railway station, station on Mallorca rail network, Mallorca' ...

, a town on the island of Majorca in the Mediterranean Sea

Transportation

* ''Los Incas - Parque Chas'' (Buenos Aires Underground), metro subway station *

SEAT Inca The SEAT Inca (''Typ'' 9K) was a van and panel van produced by the Spanish manufacturer SEAT between 1996 and 2004. It was designed and assembled in Spain, based on the SEAT Ibiza Mark 2. It was first shown at the Barcelona Motor Show of 1995. De ...

, a panel van *

Industri Kereta Api PT Industri Kereta Api (Persero), abbreviated as INKA, is an Indonesian state-owned rolling stock manufacturer. History INKA Ltd was established in by the Indonesian government in May 1981 to serve as the national rail locomotive and rollin ...

(INKA), a rolling stock manufacturer in Indonesia

Ships

* ''Inca'' (schooner), the first five-masted schooner built on the United States western coast, in 1896 * , U.S. Navy ship name ** USS ''Inca'' (1898), a screw steamer ** USS ''Inca'' (1911), a steam ferry ** USS ''Inca'' (SP-1212), a motor boat built in 1917 ** USS ''Inca'' (ID-3219), an iron tugboat built in 1879 ** USS ''Inca'' (IX-229), an unclassified miscellaneous vessel

Biology

* ''Inca'' (beetle), a genus of beetles in the subfamily Cetoniinae *

Inca (hummingbird) ''Coeligena'' is a genus of South American hummingbirds. Species It contains the following 15 species: References

Coeligena, Bird genera Birds of the Northern Andes Taxa named by René Lesson Taxonom ...

, the common name for several hummingbirds in the genus ''Coeligena''

Computing

* ''Inca'' (video game), a 1992 adventure game by Coktel Vision * INCA (software), measurement, calibration and diagnostic software published by ETAS * INCA Internet, South Korean company * International Newspaper Colour Association (INCA), an early constituent of the

World Association of Newspapers The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization made up of 76 national newspaper associations, 12 news agencies, 10 regional press organisations, and many individual newspaper e ...

Food

* Inka (drink), a Polish roasted grain drink *

Inca Kola Inca Kola (also known as "Golden Kola" in international advertising) is a soft drink that was created in Peru in 1935 by British immigrant Joseph Robinson Lindley. The soda has a sweet, fruity flavor that somewhat resembles its main ingredient, A ...

, a carbonated soft drink from Peru

Other uses

* Inka (dharma), dharma transmission in Zen Buddhism * ''El Inca'' (film), 2016 Venezuelan drama film directed by Ignacio Castillo Cottin * ''

Los Incas Los Incas, also known as Urubamba, are an Andean folk music group formed in Paris in 1956. Founded by the Argentine musicians Carlos Miguel Ben-Pott and Ricardo Galeazzi who was a jazz bassist, musical director of the group and the Venezuelans ...

'', Andean folk music group *

Inka shōmei In Chan and Zen Buddhism, dharma transmission is a custom in which a person is established as a "successor in an unbroken lineage of teachers and disciples, a spiritual 'bloodline' ('' kechimyaku'') theoretically traced back to the Buddha him ...

, a form of dharma transmission in Zen Buddhism * Ion and Neutral Camera (INCA), an instrument aboard the ''

Cassini–Huygens ''Cassini–Huygens'' ( ), commonly called ''Cassini'', was a space research, space-research mission by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to send a space probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, i ...

'' spacecraft *

Inca (Thai band) Inca () were a Thai rock band that was active in the early and mid-1990's. History The group was planted in 1989 by musicians Sakda "Da" Pattasima, Jaruwat "Aom" Wisetsombat, and Nol "Orr" Singholaka. Their name ''Inca'' comes from the once pro ...

, a Thai folk rock band