Araucanian

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Araucanian

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From Araucania + -n.

noun Araucanians · Araucano · Araucanos

ethnic, offensive, slur A member of the Mapuche people.

adjective more Araucanian · most Araucanian · Araucano · Araucanos

dated, offensive Synonym of Mapuche. On 12 February 1541 Valdivia founded the city of Santiago, but within six months it was destroyed by Araucanian Indians, one of the most bellicose peoples encountered by the Spaniards; […]
Similar: Mapuche
offensive, uncommon Of or in the Mapudungun or Mapuche language.

proper noun Araucano · Araucanos

offensive, uncommon The Mapudungun language.

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@misc{araucanian_2026,
  title = {Araucanian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/araucanian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}