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Araucan

American  
[uh-raw-kuhn] / əˈrɔ kən /

noun

plural

Araucans,

plural

Araucan
  1. Araucanian.


Etymology

Origin of Araucan

< Spanish araucano, equivalent to Arauc ( o ) province in central Chile + -ano -an

Example Sentences

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In Terra Firma and on the Orinoco, the Caribbean and the Tamanac alone would now be spoken; and in the south and south-west, the Quichua, the Guarano, the Omagua, and the Araucan.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina

In Peru and Quito it is sufficient to know the Quichua, or the Inca language; in Chile, the Araucan; and in Paraguay, the Guarany; in order to be understood by most of the population.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von

Our third great Brazilian division, the Gesan family, takes its name from the syllable ges which, like the Araucan che, forms the final element of several tribal names in East Brazil.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court