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2025
Araucanía
Araucanía
See also:
Araucania
and
Araucânia
Spanish
Proper noun
Araucanía
f
(
historical
)
Araucania
, the homeland of the
Mapuche
people in part of
Patagonia
(southern
Chile
and
Argentina
).
One of the fifteen administrative regions of
Chile
.
Derived terms
araucanización
araucano
Etymology
From
Mapudungun
rag ko
(
“
clayey water
”
)
, a place name adapted into Spanish as
Arauco
.
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