Mapuche

//məˈpuːtʃeɪ// adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of this people.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, from, or pertaining to this people or their language. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An indigenous group of inhabitants of Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina.

    "Then Millaray Jara Collio, or MC Millaray as the young rapper calls herself, spun away and exploded onto the stage with an animated rap about the presence of Chile’s military in the territory of the Mapuche, the country’s largest Indigenous group."

  2. 2
    The language of the Mapuche people.

Synonyms

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araucanianaraucanianmapudungunmapudungun

Example

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"Then Millaray Jara Collio, or MC Millaray as the young rapper calls herself, spun away and exploded onto the stage with an animated rap about the presence of Chile’s military in the territory of the Mapuche, the country’s largest Indigenous group."

Etymology

From Mapudungun Mapuce.

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