norteño

[ nawr-teyn-yoh; Spanish nawr-te-nyoh ]

/ nɔrˈteɪn yoʊ; Spanish nɔrˈtɛ nyoʊ /

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adjective

of or relating to northern Mexico, the border area of Mexico and the United States, the people of this region, or their dialect of Spanish.

noun

Also called Tex-Mex, nor·te·ña mus·ic

[nawr-teyn-yuh-myoo-zik], /nɔrˈteɪn yə ˈmyu zɪk/, nor·te·ña

[Spanish nawr-te-nyah] /Spanish nɔrˈtɛ nyɑ/ . a lively, polkalike folk music chiefly of southern Texas and northern Mexico, usually with Spanish lyrics and played on accordion and 12-string guitar, sometimes with fiddle and saxophone.

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Origin of norteño

First recorded in 1950–55; from Spanish (Mexico, Texas): literally, “northern(er),” equivalent to nort(e) “north” + -eño a suffix forming nouns and adjectives from placenames; see origin at Madrileño; see also north

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Norse, Norseman, Norse mythology, Norstad, norteamericano, norteño, north, North Adams, North Africa, North African, Northallerton