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Mapuche

noun Ma·pu·che \ mə-ˈpü-chē \

Definition of Mapuche

plural Mapuche or Mapuches
1 : an American Indian people of southern Chile; also : a member of this people
2 : the Araucanian language of the Mapuche

Origin and Etymology of mapuche

Mapuche mapuče, a self-designation, from mapu land + če people

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