Wayna Q'inti (

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

''wayna'' young, ''q'inti''

hummingbird Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the Family (biology), biological family Trochilidae. With approximately 366 species and 113 genus, genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, but most species are found in Cen ...

,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) ''Q'inti'' a place nearby, "young Q'inti", hispanicized and mixed spellings ''Huaynaquente, Waynaquente'', also Wayna Q'ente) is an archaeological site in

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. It is situated in the

Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth-largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de Dios and Puno ...

, Urubamba Province,

Machupicchu District Machupicchu (from Quechua Machu Pikchu, "old peak") is one of seven districts of the Urubamba Province in Peru. The village of Machupicchu is the seat or capital of the district. Geography The Urupampa and Willkapampa mountain ranges traver ...

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"Grupo arqueológico de Wayna Q'ente", retrieved on February 24, 2014 Wayna Q'inti is situated above the left bank of the Willkanuta River, near the archaeological sites of

Machu Q'inti Machu Q'inti (Quechua ''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 spelli ...

(Quechua for old Q'inti), Willkaraqay and

Patallaqta Patallacta (possibly from Quechua language, 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"), Llac ...

which is also named Q'inti Marka (Quechua for hummingbird village).

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Archaeological sites in Peru Archaeological sites in the Department of Cusco {{Peru-archaeology-stub