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Mapuche

Syllabification: (Ma·pu·che)
Pronunciation: /maˈpo͝oCHē/

Definition of Mapuche

noun (plural same or Mapuches)

  • 1a member of an American Indian people of central Chile and adjacent parts of Argentina, noted for their resistance to colonial Spanish and later Chilean domination.
  • 2the Araucanian language of the Mapuche.

adjective

  • relating to the Mapuche or their language.

Origin:

the name in Mapuche, from mapu 'land' + che 'people'

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