Why is the county Chile called Chile?

Question

Why is the county Chile called Chile?

Answer 1

Etymology- History

There are various theories about the origin of the word Chile. According to one theory the Incas of Peru, who had failed to conquer the Araucanians, called the valley of the Aconcagua "Chili" by corruption of the name of a tribal chief ("cacique") called Tili, who ruled the area at the time of the Incan conquest.[12] Another theory points to the similarity of the valley of the Aconcagua with that of the Casma Valley in Peru, where there was a town and valley named Chili.[12] Other theories say Chile may derive its name from the indigenous Mapuche word chilli, which may mean "where the land ends,"[13] "the deepest point of the Earth,"[14] or "sea gulls;"[15] or from the Quechua chin, "cold," or the Aymara tchili, meaning "snow."[16][17] Another meaning attributed to chilli is the onomatopoeic cheele-cheele—the Mapuche imitation of a bird call.[13] The Spanish conquistadors heard about this name from the Incas and the few survivors of Diego de Almagro's first Spanish expedition south from Peru in 1535-36 called themselves the "men of Chilli."[13]

Answer 2

The name was given to the region by the Incas and the first Spanish conquistadors heard it from the Indians of the Inca empire after the fall of Cuzco. Were the Incas got it from is up for debate. Some say it was a deformation of the name of the chieftain of the Araucanian that stopped the expansion of the Incas in the South, Tili. Others say it is a Mapuche word that means "were the earth ends" (chilli).

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