araucanization

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Noun

1. 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 [[Puelche]]s and [[Tehuelche]]s.

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