Araucanian

• Araucano (adjective or noun) (plural Araucanos)

From Araucania +‎ -n.

• Hyphenation: Ar‧au‧can‧ian

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Araucanian (plural Araucanians)

1. (offensive, ethnic slur) A member of the Mapuche people.

Araucanian (comparative more Araucanian, superlative most Araucanian)

1. (dated, now offensive) Synonym of Mapuche.
   • 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London, New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 34:

     On 12 February 1541 Valdivia founded the city of Santiago, but within six months it was destroyed by Araucanian Indians, one of the most bellicose peoples encountered by the Spaniards; […]

2. (uncommon, now offensive) Of or in the Mapudungun or Mapuche language.

Araucanian

1. (uncommon, offensive) The Mapudungun language.

• This term is becoming dated because it is regarded by the Mapuche as offensive; they prefer the term Mapuche.