Amerindian peoples of the pampas, such as the Puelche and Tehuelche, adopted the Mapudungun language as their main language (both of their names are in Mapudungun).
Chicureo (from Mapudungun Chikümn rewe, "place where lances are set up") is a Chilean town, located in the commune of Colina, Chacabuco Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region.
Curacautín, which means "Gathering Stone" in Mapudungun, is a commune and city in the Chilean province of Malleco.
Curanipe (in mapudungun: "plum tree that grows in the rock") is a town and seat of the municipality of Pelluhue, Province of Cauquenes, in VII Maule Region of Chile.
The Mapudungun name comes from huenu, "above", and from raqui, the Moluche sound for the voice of the bird that in Chile is called the bandurria, the Black-faced Ibis.
Nirivilo (in Mapudungun: fox snake, a creature in the Mapuche mythology of Chile) is a hamlet (caserío) in San Javier commune, in the Chilean province of Linares, Maule Region.
Pudahuel (Mapudungun "place of pools/water" or "place where seagulls gather") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region.
Reynogüelén, also spelled Reinogüelén, Reinohuelén, and Reynohuelén, was the original Mapudungun name of the eastern regions of what are now the communes of Parral in Linares Province, and Ñiquén, and San Carlos communes in the Ñuble Province of the Biobio Region of Chile.