norteña

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(nôr tān′yə; Sp. nôr te′nyä)


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nor•te•ña  (nôr tān′yə; Sp. nôr te′nyä),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Music, Music and Dancea 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.
Also, nor•te•no  (nôr tān′yō).USA pronunciation Also called Tex-Mex. 
  • American Spanish; Spanish: fem of norteño northern(er), equivalent. to nort(e) north + -eño adjective, adjectival suffix (see Madrileño)

'norteña' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Tex-Mex

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