Meanings
- uncountableThe process of expansion of the Mapudungun language and other elements of the Mapuche culture from its homeland Araucania into the plains of Patagonia, so as to assimilate such other native Amerindian peoples as the Puelches and Tehuelches.
The Araucanization of the pampa continued into the first half of the nineteenth century as Araucanian speakers continued to migrate across the Andes.
2008, David J. Weber, Bárbaros: Spaniards and Their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 65Synonyms: Mapuchization
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe process of expansion of the Mapudungun language and other elements of the Mapuche culture from its homeland Araucania into the plains of Patagonia, so as to assimilate such other native Amerindian peoples as the Puelches and Tehuelches.
Origin
- Spanisharaucanización
- EnglishAraucanization
From Spanish araucanización, from Araucanía. By surface analysis, Araucania + -ization.
More words from Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Araukanisierung
- Araukanisierungassimilation into Mapuche culture
Portuguese araucanização
- araucanizaçãoassimilation into Mapuche culture
Spanish araucanización, mapuchezación
- araucanizaciónassimilation into Mapuche culture
- mapuchezaciónassimilation into Mapuche culture
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Araucanization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Araucanization
“Araucanization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Araucanization. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Araucanization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Araucanization.
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