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Significats de quipo en anglès

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Communication media historically used in the region of Andean South America.

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Examples for "quipu"
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The "quipu," a knotted reckoning-cord, was in use in Peru and in China.
Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World
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The word quipu, indeed, signifies a knot.
History of the Conquest of Peru
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Quipu: Knotted, parti-colored strings used by the ancient Peruvians to keep records.
Inca Land: Explorations in the Highlands of Peru
Ús de quipo en anglès
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The Peruvian quipos were I suppose an improvement upon this simple invention.
The History of Sumatra / Containing An Account Of The Government...
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And four attendants had approached the throne, bearing a frame of quipos.
Under the Andes
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He means that you are to judge us by the quipos.
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Harry and I were prisoners before the bar of the quipos!
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By her hand he meant the quipos to speak.
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Probably nothing more important than a bundle of quipos.
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I recollected first the different disposition of the quipos for different purposes-historical ,sacred ,narrative ,etcetera.
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They were the famous Inca quipos-thematerial for their remarkable mnemonic system of communication and historical record.
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It wavered among the quipos as though uncertainly, then closed firmly on the black cord of death.
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Then the particulars came to me, and immediately I recognized the formula of the quipos before the throne.
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I waited, expecting to see a bundle of quipos thrust through the opening, but they did not appear.
Under the Andes
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The hand of the Child of the Sun passed slowly up and down the frame of quipos, betraying a commendable reluctance.
Under the Andes
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She rose and walked to the frame of quipos and took in her hand the knife which she found there suspended by a cord.
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It may be of interest to some to know the method, which was extremely simple, as in ordinary communications the quipos are easy to read.
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"Did you see the quipos?"
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"This is no quipos" said Harry, "or if it is, they must be going to send us in a whole library.
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