Mapuche

From Mapudungun Mapuce.

• IPA^(key): /məˈpuːtʃeɪ/

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, →ISSN:

     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.

• (language): Mapudungun

Mapuche (plural Mapuche)

1. A member of this people.

• Araucanian (now offensive)

Mapuche (not comparable)

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