Gulumapu
/ɡu.luˈma.pu/noun
A Mapuche term for the western part of the ancestral Mapuche territory, especially the lands west of the Andes in present-day Chile.
Did you know?Gulumapu is commonly contrasted with Puelmapu, the eastern lands of the Mapuche world, making the Andes a cultural midpoint rather than a simple border.
Etymological Timeline
Precolonial period
Mapudungun
mapu
“Land, territory, or country”
Precolonial period
Mapudungun
gulu
“West or western side”
Precolonial period
Mapudungun
gulu mapu
“Western land or western territory”
16th–17th Century
Spanish records
Gulumapu
“Name used in descriptions and discussions of the western Mapuche territory”
Modern English
English
Gulumapu
“A Mapuche geographical and political term for the western portion of ancestral Mapuche lands”