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Araucanization

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Araucanization noun: the 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.

Noun

Araucanization (uncountable)

  1. The 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 65
    Synonyms:
    Mapuchization

Synonyms of Araucanization

Origin of Araucanization

From Spanish araucanización, from Araucanía. By surface analysis, Araucania + -ization.

Questions about Araucanization

What does Araucanization mean?
Araucanization means the 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.
What part of speech is Araucanization?
Araucanization is a noun.

Words near Araucanization in the dictionary

  1. Araucana
  2. Araucanas
  3. Araucania
  4. Araucanian
  5. Araucanians
  6. Araucanization
  7. Araucano
  8. Araucanos
  9. Araucanía
  10. araucaria
  11. araucariacean

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