Where does “Araucanía” come from?

Araucanía (Spanish) comes from Spanish araucano, from Spanish -año, from Latin -ānus — Of or pertaining to; -ian.

Araucanía (Spanish): Araucania, the homeland of the Mapuche people in part of Patagonia (southern Chile and Argentina)

Definitions

  1. Araucania, the homeland of the Mapuche people in part of Patagonia (southern Chile and Argentina)

Ancestry of “Araucanía”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanisharaucanoAraucanian; of or pertaining to the Mapudungun...
2Spanish-añoUsed to form form adjectives or nouns derived from Latin
3Latin-ānusOf or pertaining to; -ian

Words derived from “Araucanía”

Every word from Latin -ānus →Every word from Spanish -año →Every word from Spanish araucano →