Quichua
the name of a native race of South America, inhabiting Peru, parts of Ecuador, Bolivia, etc. etc. With the Aymaras the Quichuas co composed the larger portion of the population of the empire QUIETISM of the Incas. The Quichua language, which was formerly the state language of the Incas, is still the chief speech of Peru, of a large portion of Bolivia, of the part of Eucador bordering upon Peru, and of the N. section of the Argentine Republic.