Araucanian

[ar-aw-key-nee-uhn]

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noun

a member of an Indian people of central Chile.

the language of the Araucanians, spoken in central Chile and northern Argentina.

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adjective

pertaining to the Araucanians or to their language.

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Origin:
1900–05; Araucani(a) + -an

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Araucanian (ˌærɔːˈkeɪnɪən)

—n
1.	a South American Indian language; thought to be an isolated branch of the Penutian phylum, spoken in Chile and W Argentina
2.	a member of the people who speak this language

—*adj*
3.	of or relating to this people or their language

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Araucanian

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