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Mapuche
[ mo-poo-chey, mo-poo-chey ]
noun
, plural Map·u·che.
- a member of an ethnically diverse Indigenous people of Chile and Argentina.
- Also called Map·u·dun·gan [mo-poo-, doon, -g, uh, n]. the Araucanian language of the Mapuche people, spoken in parts of Chile and Argentina.
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of the Mapuche or their language.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Mapuche1
First recorded in 1875–80; from Mapuche, equivalent to mapu “land” + che “people,” a self-designation
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