The major consensus is that it derives from the Quechua word anti, which means "high crest".

Rimaq is a Quechua word, meaning "speaker" and "talking".

It is a Quechua word used for hunting by the people of the Inca Empire.

It crosses those wonderful canyons and natural porches called punkus, a Quechua word that means doors.

Huaca, the Quechua word for burial site, has long been part of the daily argot.

Yachay is the Quechua word for knowledge.

"Why is it so hard to believe the Quechua word is correct?"

Pisco is a Quechua word that means "bird."

The name of the mountain comes from "chacra", the Quechua word for a ploughed field, which the snow flutings resemble with.

"Wayra", is a Quechua word which translates as 'changing wind'.