Araucan

Variant of Araucanian

Araucanian definition

Arau·ca·nian (ar′ô kā′nē ən, ə rô′-)

noun

  1. a member of a group of South American Indian peoples of Chile and the Argentine pampas
  2. the language of these peoples

Etymology: < Sp Araucano, after Arauco, region (now a province) in Chile < Araucanian rau, clay + ko, water

adjective

of these peoples or their language or culture

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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