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norteña

norteña noun: a song in the norteño genre.

Noun

norteña (plural norteñas)

  1. A song in the norteño genre.
    • With very little fanfare, WZAA had become the first FM station in New York offering a format known as Mexican Regiona, which includes genres like ranchera, banda and norteña music.2007 January 13, Seth Kugel, “The Sounds of Mexico Hit New York Airwaves”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021

Forms of norteña

pluralnorteñas

Origin of norteña

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish norteña.

Questions about norteña

What does norteña mean?
Norteña means a song in the norteño genre.
What part of speech is norteña?
Norteña is a noun.
What is the plural of norteña?
The plural of norteña is norteñas.

Words near norteña in the dictionary

  1. norteno
  2. Nortes
  3. nortestosterone
  4. nortestosterones
  5. nortetrazepam
  6. norteña
  7. norteñas
  8. norteño
  9. Norteños
  10. north
  11. North 24 Parganas

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