norteño

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.

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.