Arauco

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