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Mapuche

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Ma·pu·che  (mä-pch, -ch)
n. pl. Mapuche or Ma·pu·ches
1. A member of a South American Indian people inhabiting south-central Chile.
2. The Araucanian language of the Mapuche. Also called Mapudungun.
[Mapuche : mapu, earth + che, people.]
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