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- noun Plural form of
Araucanian .
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Examples
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The religious ideas of the Araucanians are the pantheism and fetishism common to all Indians.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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The Indians were Araucanians from the south of Chile; several hundreds in number, and highly disciplined.
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The Indians were Araucanians from the south of Chile; several hundreds in number, and highly disciplined.
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Inca expansion confronted insurmountable obstacles in the eastern tropical lowlands and in the southern area dominated by the Araucanians (Mapuche).
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The tribes of Peru are said to have adored great snakes in the pre-Inca days; and in Chile the Araucanians made a serpent figure in their deluge myth.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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Among the Araucanians of Chili we meet with a cradle which "seems to be nothing more than a short ladder, with cross-bars," to which the child is lashed.
The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Alexander F. Chamberlain
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Araucanians meet, the inquiries, felicitations, and condolences which custom demands are so elaborate that "the formality occupies ten or fifteen minutes."
Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926
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The Araucanians will hardly ever tell a stranger their names because they fear that he would thereby acquire some supernatural power over themselves.
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The Araucanians will hardly ever tell a stranger their names because they fear that he would thereby acquire some supernatural power over themselves.
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Despite the almost insurmountable obstacles which the Araucanians opposed to
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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