1. Araucanian - Noun
2. Araucanian - Adjective
3. Araucanian - Proper noun
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.
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. Source: Internet
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. Source: Internet