Ma·pu·che | \ mə-ˈpü-chē 
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\ plural Mapuche or Mapuches
Definition of Mapuche
1 : an American Indian people of southern Chile also : a member of this people
2 : the Araucanian language of the Mapuche
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The first known use of Mapuche was in 1855
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