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Tarascan

[ tuh-ras-kuhn, -rahs- ]

noun

, plural Ta·ras·cans, (especially collectively) Ta·ras·can
  1. a member of an Indigenous people of Michoacán state, in southwestern Mexico.
  2. the language of the Tarascans.


adjective

  1. of or relating to the Tarascans or their language.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Tarascan1

First recorded in 1910–15; from Spanish Tarasco, from Tarascan tarascue “father-in-law; son-in-law” + -an ( def )
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Example Sentences

A Tarascan village about 27 kilometers northwest of Uruapan; pine forest.

A Tarascan village 18 kilometers by road north of Uruapan; pine forest.

A Tarascan village 27 kilometers by road south-southeast of Carapan; pine forest.

It was late when we reached the town, which consists in large part of mestizos and indians who speak little but native Tarascan.

Almost the first person encountered was a young man of twenty-three years, who presented the pure Tarascan type.

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