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
- Celulosa Arauco y Constitución (CELCO), a wood pulp and forestry enterprise in Chile
See also
- Arauco War, a centuries-long a war in Chile involving Spaniards and Mapuches
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