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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: Mapuchization
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Spanish araucanización, from Araucanía. By surface analysis, Araucania + -ization.
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