Arauco

"Arauco (mapudungún: 'agua gredosa') es una ciudad y comuna de Chile, ubicada en la provincia de Arauco en la región del Biobío. La etimología de Arauco quiere decir 'agua gredosa' en lengua mapuche. Integra junto a las comunas de Cañete, Contulmo, Curanilahue, Lebu, Los Álamos, y Tirúa, la Provincia de Arauco, en la Octava Región del Bio Bio."

"Arauco is a city and commune (Spanish: comuna) in Chile, located in Arauco Province in the Biobio Region. The meaning of Arauco means Chalky Water in Mapudungun. The region was a Moluche aillarehue. The Spanish settlements founded here during the Conquest of Chile were destroyed on numerous occasions by the Mapuche during the Arauco War."