Etymology

Bucalemu

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Today it means: A town in Chile. Full definition →

Mapudungun buca
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The story

  1. Mapudungun · derived frombuca“big, great”
  2. English todayBucalemu

From Mapudungun buca (“big, great”) and lemu (“forest”).

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