mapuche

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الإنجليزية - التركية
Mapuçe
الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
Of, from, or pertaining to the Mapuche
An indigenous group of inhabitants of Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina
The language of the Mapuche people
A person of the Mapuche
{i} member of a South American Indian people who live in central Chile and in regions near Argentina
Most numerous group of Araucanian-speaking South American Indians (see Araucanian), who live in the central valley of Chile. They are noted for their 350-year struggle against Spanish and Chilean domination. In the 16th-18th centuries they learned to use horses in battle and united over great distances to fight Spanish incursions. After Chile gained independence in the 19th century, the government settled them on reservations. In the 1980s the reservation land was transferred to individuals, but their rights have become endangered by debt accrued to support their traditional, non-intensive agriculture
{i} Mapudungun, Araucanian language spoken by the Mapuche people
Araucanian