n.
Pronunciation: ə - ˌ rau ̇ - ' kä-n ē - ə n, ˌ a- ˌ ro ̇ - ' k ā -
Variant: also Arau · can \ ə - ' rau ̇ -k ə n \
Function: noun
Etymology: Spanish araucano, from Arauco, former province in Chile
Date: 1788
1 : a member of a group of Indian peoples of south central Chile and adjacent regions of Argentina
2 : the language of the Araucanian people that constitutes an independent language family
– Araucanian adjective