Chibcha
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Chib·cha
(chĭb′chə)n. pl. Chibcha or Chib·chas
1. A member of an extinct Indian people once inhabiting central Colombia.
2. The extinct Chibchan language of the Chibcha.
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Chib•cha
(ˈtʃɪb tʃə)n., pl. -chas, (esp. collectively) -cha.
1. a member of an American Indian people who lived in a group of small, autocratically ruled states in the E Colombian Andes at the time of the Spanish conquest.
2. the extinct Chibchan language of these people.
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Chibcha
Advanced Indian civilization AD 1200–1538, conquered by the Spanish in the 1500s. They used gold, emeralds, and made textiles, baskets, and pots. They lived in small villages and farmed the lowlands of the high plains of the central Colombian Andes where they lived.
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