Arauco

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Arauco, originally from Mapudungun rag ko meaning “clayey water,” or Araucanía may refer to:

Places

  • Araucanía Region, an administrative region of Chile, the heartland of the historic region of Araucania
  • Araucanía (historic region), a historical region of Central Chile also called Arauco
  • Arauco, Chile, a city and municipality in Arauco Province, Chile
  • Arauco Peninsula
  • Arauco Province, a province in the Biobío Region of Chile
  • Arauco Department, Chile
  • Arauco, La Rioja, Argentina
  • Arauco Department, La Rioja, an administrative entity in La Rioja Province, Argentina
  • Gulf of Arauco, a body of water on the coast of Chile
  • Araucanian Islands (disambiguation)

Biology

  • Arauco (moth)
  • Araucania chilensis (a sapygid wasp)
  • Araucania (a braconid wasp genus)
  • Araucaria araucana, the Arauco pine

Other uses

See also

  • Arauco War, a centuries-long a war in Chile involving Spaniards and Mapuches
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