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Araucania

American  
[ar-aw-key-nee-uh, ah-rou-kah-nyah] / ˌær ɔˈkeɪ ni ə, ˌɑ raʊˈkɑ njɑ /

noun

  1. a region in central Chile.


Araucania British  
/ arauˈkanja, ˌærɔːˈkeɪnɪə /

noun

  1. a region of central Chile, inhabited by Araucanian Indians

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

President Gabriel Boric said Monday that firefighters had managed to contain some of the blazes but that others remained "very active" and that new fires had broken out in the Araucania region bordering Biobio.

From Barron's Jan. 20, 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

Thirty-eight are raging between the central capital city of Santiago and the country's south, with the worst seen in Nuble and Biobio, as well as the Araucania region.

From Reuters Feb. 3, 2023

In Paris he still calls himself King of Araucania, and makes a precarious living by selling titles of nobility to gullible or vain people.

From Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 by James Elverson

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