Araucanian
Speech parts
1. Araucanian - Noun
2. Araucanian - Adjective
3. Araucanian - Proper noun
Meaning
Araucanian (plural Araucanians)
(offensive) A member of the Mapuche people.
(offensive) Mapuche
(uncommon, offensive) Of or in the Mapudungun or Mapuche language.
Araucanian
(uncommon, offensive) The Mapudungun language.
Examples
Clupea contains three species: the Atlantic herring (the type species) found in the north Atlantic, the Pacific herring found in the north Pacific, and the Araucanian herring found off the coast of Chile.
Scholars speculate that the total Araucanian population may have numbered 1.5 million at most when the Spaniards arrived in the 1530s; a century of European conquest and disease reduced that number by at least half.