Chibcha

/ˈtʃɪb.tʃə/ noun

A member of an indigenous people of Colombia, or their language; also known as the Muisca people who built the advanced civilization in the Andes.

From the Chibcha language itself (also called Muisca). The term entered Spanish and English through early contact with these South American peoples during the colonial period.

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