Araucanian Definition

ărô-kānē-ən
noun
A language family of south-central Chile and the western pampas of Argentina that includes Mapuche.
American Heritage
A member of a group of South American Indian peoples of Chile and the Argentine pampas.
Webster's New World
A member of a people speaking an Araucanian language.
American Heritage
The language of these peoples.
Webster's New World

Mapuche.

Wiktionary
adjective
Of these peoples or their language or culture.
Webster's New World

Mapuche.

Wiktionary

(uncommon, offensive) Mapudungun-language.

Wiktionary
(offensive) Mapuche language family.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Araucanian

Noun

Singular:
Araucanian
Plural:
araucanians

Origin of Araucanian

  • Spanish araucano Araucanian person, Mapuche from Arauco , a former region of southern Chile

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Araucanian Sentence Examples

  • Another expedition from Chile, under Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza, crossed the Cordillera in 1559, and having defeated the Araucanian Indians, made a settlement which from the name of the leader was called Mendoza.

  • Pedro de Valdivia in 1540 made an expedition into the country of the Araucanian Indians of Chile, and was the first to explore the eastern base of the Andes in what is now Argentine Patagonia.

  • The province once formed part of the territory occupied by the Araucanian Indians, and its present political existence dates from 1887.

  • Amunatequi, Descubri miento y conquista de Chile (Santiago, 1885), a valuable detailed account of the Spanish conquest; by same author, Los Precursores de la independencia de Chile (Santiago, 1870), a clear useful description of the evils of the Spanish colonial system; Horacio Lara, Cronica de la Araucania (Santiago, 1889), a history of the Araucanian Indians right up to recent dates; Abbe Eyzaguirre, Histoire du Chili (Lille, 1855), mainly dealing with the position of the Church during the colonial period.

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Words Starting With

AARARA

Words Ending With

NANIAN

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Araucanian

Words Starting With A and Ending With N

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