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List of Mapudungun placenames
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The following is a listing of placenames from the Mapudungun language, generally from Chile and southwestern Argentina.
Note: this list includes only currently used placenames that have a Mapudungun etymology for at least part of their name
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More information Placename, Meaning ...
| Placename | Meaning | Region (Chile) or Province (Argentina) |
Type | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abtao | end/limit of the territory | Los Lagos | channel, island | contested (pro[1] con[2][3]) |
| Achao | sandy and protected harbour | Los Lagos | beach, channel, city/town | |
| Aconcagua | place of heathers | Valparaíso, Mendoza | mountain, river | |
| Allipén | Araucanía, Bío-Bío | river | ||
| Ancud | to dry | Los Lagos | city/town, gulf | |
| Anticura | sun stone | Los Lagos | river, village | |
| Antihue | sunny place[4] | Los Lagos | hamlet | |
| Antillanca | sun/light green quartz[4] | Los Lagos | volcano | |
| Antimahuida | sun/light mountain[4] | Los Lagos | village | |
| Antuco | sun and water | Bío-Bío | volcano |
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| Placename | Meaning | Region (Chile) or Province (Argentina) |
Type | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchupureo | Big Wave | Limit between VII & VIII Regions, Chile | ||
| Bariloche | from Furiloche: people from the other side of the mountain | Los Lagos, Río Negro | city/town, mountain pass | |
| Bío-Bío | Araucanía, Bío-Bío | river | ||
| Boldo | from folo, a shrub (Peumus boldus) | La Araucanía | ||
| Bucalemu | big forest | Valparaíso | ||
| Butacura | big stone | Los Lagos | hamlet |
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| Placename | Meaning | Region (Chile) or Province (Argentina) |
Type | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caburgua | dug with a spoon | Araucanía | lake, waterfall | |
| Calafquén | lake like a sea | Araucanía, Los Ríos | lake | |
| Calbuco | blue waters[4] | Los Lagos | channel, city/town, peninsula, volcano | |
| Caleufú | Neuquén | river | ||
| Callaqui | Bío-Bío | volcano | ||
| Calle-Calle | lot of Iridaceaes | Los Ríos | river | once called Guadalfquén |
| Carahue | the city that was | Araucanía | city/town | |
| Carelmapu | green territory[4] | Los Lagos | headland | |
| Carirriñe | green chusquea coleou cane | Los Ríos, Neuquén | mountain pass, river | |
| Carrenleufú | Chubut | city/town | ||
| Catirai | callyíi, to cut, and raigheii, the flower of the trees, meaning short flowers[5] | Bío-Bío | valley | |
| Cau-Cau | kawkaw 'seagull' | Los Ríos | river | |
| Chacay | Discaria serratifolia[6] | Atacama | valley | |
| Chacao | protected harbour | Los Lagos | bay, channel, village | |
| Chapelco | chapel (a local bush) water | Neuquén | mountain, river | |
| Chiguayante | "chiguay" fog "antu" sun | Bío-Bío | city | - |
| Chillán | Bío-Bío | city | ||
| Chiloé | chille 'small seagull' and -we 'place' | Los Lagos | archipelago, island | |
| Chimbarongo | crooked head or place between fogs | O'Higgins | city/town | |
| Choshuenco | yellow water | Los Ríos | city/town, volcano | |
| Cochamó | confluence/estuary[4] | Los Lagos | bay, river, village | |
| Conguillío | water with Araucaria araucana pine nuts | Araucanía | lake | |
| Copahue | Bío-Bío | volcano | ||
| Colhué Huapi | red island | Chubut | lake | |
| Concón | place of owls | Valparaíso | city/town | |
| Coñaripe | way of the warrior | Los Ríos | city/town | |
| Cucao | Pteroptochus[4] | Los Lagos | bay, lake, river | |
| Curarrehue | Araucanía | city/town | ||
| Curicó | kurü 'black' and ko 'water' | Maule | city/town | |
| Curimón | kurü 'black' and man (abbreviation of mañke) 'black condor' | Valparaíso | town, village | |
| Curiñanco | kurü 'black' and ñamko 'red-backed hawk' | Los Ríos | beach, village |
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| Placename | Meaning | Region (Chile) or Province (Argentina) |
Type | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hornopirén | snow oven | Los Lagos | village, volcano | once called Quechucaví; five districts |
| Huahum | Los Ríos, Neuquén | mountain pass, river | ||
| Huapi | island | Los Ríos | island | |
| Huechuraba | clay birthplace | Santiago | commune/city | |
| Huerquehue | place of messengers | Araucanía | mountains | |
| Huilo-Huilo | Los Ríos | waterfall | ||
| Huilquilemu[7] | bosque de zorzales (thrush wood) | Maule Region | villa cultural, declarada Monumento Histórico en 1986 |
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| Placename | Meaning | Region (Chile) or Province (Argentina) |
Type | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lácar | place of landslides | Neuquén | lake | |
| Lebu | river | Bío-Bío | city | |
| Licán Ray | rock flower | Araucanía | city/town | |
| Limay | clear/clean | Neuquén, Río Negro | river | |
| Liquiñe | Los Ríos | town, river, hot springs | ||
| Llaima | blood veins | Araucanía | volcano | |
| Llanquihue | hidden place | Los Lagos, Los Ríos | city/town, lake, river | |
| Lolol | land of crabs and holes | O'Higgins | commune/town | |
| Loncoche | head of an important person | Araucanía | city/town | |
| Loncomilla | gold of the lonco | Maule | river | |
| Lonquimay | summit | Araucanía | city/town, volcano |
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| Placename | Meaning | Region (Chile) or Province (Argentina) |
Type | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Máfil | hugged between rivers | Los Ríos | town | |
| Maihue | wooden glass | Los Ríos | lake | |
| Maipo | Mendoza, Santiago | river, valley, volcano | ||
| Malalcahuello | Araucanía | hot springs | ||
| Mamuil Malal | corral of wooden sticks | Araucanía, Neuquén | mountain pass, village | |
| Mapocho | river of the Mapuche | Santiago | river | |
| Maule | river of tears | Maule Region | region, river, commune, valley | The river marked the southern boundary of the Inca empire; the region is now Chile’s leading wine-making region |
| Melipeuco | Araucanía | city/town | ||
| Melipulli | four hills | Los Lagos | city/town | |
| Mulchén | people of the west | Bío-Bío | city/town, river |
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| Placename | Meaning | Region (Chile) or Province (Argentina) |
Type | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nahuelbuta | big puma | Araucanía, Bío-Bío | mountain range | |
| Nahuelhuapi | island of the puma | Neuquén, Río Negro | lake | |
| Nahuel Rucá | house of the puma | Buenos Aires | city/town | |
| Neuquén | sweep away | Neuquén, Río Negro | city/town, river |
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| Placename | Meaning | Region (Chile) or Province (Argentina) |
Type | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panguipulli | hill of the puma | Los Ríos | city/town, lake | |
| Pellaifa | Los Ríos | lake | ||
| Peñalolén | fraternal meeting place | Santiago | city/town | |
| Pencahue | lugar de zapallos (place of pumpkins) | Maule Region | pueblo y comuna | |
| Pichilemu | little forest | O'Higgins | city/town | |
| Pillanleufú | river of the devil/spirit | Los Ríos | river | |
| Pilolcura | hollow stone | Los Ríos | beach, bay | |
| Pirihueico | snowy curvy water | Los Ríos | lake | |
| Pucón | entrance | Araucanía | city/town | |
| Puduhuapi | island of the pudu[4] | Los Lagos | island | |
| Puelo | east[4] | Chubut, Los Lagos | lake, river | |
| Pullinque | Los Ríos | lake, river | ||
| Puyehue | place of sweet water fishes | Los Lagos, Los Ríos, Neuquén | lake, mountain pass, volcano | |
| Punucapa | black/fertile earth for legumes | Los Ríos | village |
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| Placename | Meaning | Region (Chile) or Province (Argentina) |
Type | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quellón | from Queldon; Aristotelia chilensis | Los Lagos | city/town | |
| Quemchi | red/pottery earth | Los Lagos | city/town | |
| Quetrupillán | sleeping pillán | Araucanía, Los Ríos | volcano | |
| Quiapo | originally Cuyapu or Cuyamapu, meaning cuya, weasel and mapu land [8] | Bio-Bio | hill/river | |
| Quilicura | three stones | Santiago | commune/city |
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| Placename | Meaning | Region (Chile) or Province (Argentina) |
Type | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rahue | place of gray clay[4] | Los Lagos, Neuquén | city/town, river, village | |
| Rancagua | place of canes | O'Higgins | city/town | |
| Ranco | Los Ríos | city/town, lake | ||
| Reloncaví | valley district | Los Lagos | estuary, sound | |
| Riñihue | place of Chusquea coleou | Los Ríos | city/town, lake | |
| Rupanco | shaked waters | Los Lagos | lake |
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| Placename | Meaning | Region (Chile) or Province (Argentina) |
Type | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talca | thunder | Maule | city/town | |
| Talcahuano | from tralcam wenu; thundering sky | Bío-Bío | city | |
| Temuco | from "Temu" (Blepharocalyx cruckshanksii)and "Co" water | Araucanía | city/town | |
| Tinguiririca | round/shining quartz | O'Higgins | city/town, river, volcano | |
| Tolhuaca | Araucanía | volcano | ||
| Traful | Neuquén | lake | ||
| Tralcan | thunder | Los Ríos | mountain | |
| Tromén | Neuquén | lake, volcano | ||
| Tucapel | take by force | Bío-Bío | town |
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