Araucania

American

[ar-aw-kay-nee-uh, ah-rau-kah-nyah] / ˌær ɔˈkeɪ ni ə, ˌɑ raʊˈkɑ njɑ /

noun

a region in central Chile.

Araucania British

/ arauˈkanja, ˌærɔːˈkeɪnɪə /

noun

a region of central Chile, inhabited by Araucanian Indians

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Firefighters were on Thursday battling 19 fires still burning in the hardest-hit regions of Araucania, Nuble, and Biobio.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026

Two other people were arrested earlier in the week: one in Biobio Monday, who was released shortly thereafter, and the other in Araucania on Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026

Speaking at a briefing, Toha said that fires in the region of Biobio and Araucania have left a school and a church completely burned.

From Reuters ● Feb. 18, 2023

Siches’s visit was to start dialogue to address conflicts in Araucania between authorities and local Mapuche indigenous groups.

From Reuters ● Mar. 15, 2022

Araucania in three directions, assigning the maritime country to the quarter-master, the Andes to the serjeant-major, and reserving the intermediate country to himself.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

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