Mapuche

See also: mapuche

English

Etymology

From Mapudungun Mapuce.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məˈpuːt͡ʃeɪ/

Proper noun

Mapuche

  1. An indigenous group of inhabitants of Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina.
    • 2023 January 27, John Bartlett, Tomás Munita, “Teenage Rapper, Rooted in Mapuche Identity, Roars for Indigenous Rights”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 October 2025:
      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. The language of the Mapuche people.

Synonyms

Noun

Mapuche (plural Mapuche)

  1. A member of this people.

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Adjective

Mapuche (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to this people or their language.

Derived terms

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