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Te⋅ja⋅no

[tey-hah-noh, tuh]
–noun
(often lowercase) a style of Mexican-American popular music that features the accordion and blends the polka with various forms of traditional Mexican music, now often including synthesizers and rock music.

Origin:
1990–95; < AmSp: lit., Texan
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Te·ja·no   (tā-hä'nō, tě-)   
n.  A style of conjunto music originating in southern Texas and combining influences from country music, rhythm and blues, and popular Latin styles.

[American Spanish, Texan, from Tejas, Texas.]
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Word Origin & History

Tejano 
"native or inhabitant of Texas," 1925, from Amer.Sp., formerly Texano "a Texan" (see Texas).
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