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nor⋅te⋅ña

  [nawr-teyn-yuh; Sp. nawr-te-nyah]
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–noun
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.
Also, nor⋅te⋅no  [nawr-teyn-yoh] .
Also called Tex-Mex.

Origin:
< AmerSp; Sp: fem of norteño northern(er), equiv. to nort(e) north + -eño adj. suffix (see Madrileño)
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