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Meaning & History
Quilago (c. 1490–1515) was the queen regnant of Cochasquí, in modern-day Ecuador. She is known for leading native resistance to the expansion of the Inca Empire and was supposedly the mother of Atahualpa, the last Sapa Inca. Her story has become an origin myth in Ecuadorian national mythology, which has retroactively framed her as an Ecuadorian rebel against Peruvian invaders.