norteño
norteño noun: a genre of Mexican music related to polka and corridos, emerged in the late 19th century.
Noun (1)
norteño (uncountable)
- A genre of Mexican music related to polka and corridos, emerged in the late 19th century.
- At a party in an isolated mountain community in central Mexico, the host may well take out his accordion and play norteño corridos until the dawn breaks.2000, Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, James McConnachie, Orla Duane, World Music: The Rough Guide. Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 470
- The two-stage festival's lineup reads like a who's who of norteño, duranguense and banda sinaloense acts, including Los Tigres del Norte, Banda el Recodo, Conjunto Primavera, Los Tucanes de Tijuana and K-Paz de la Sierra.2010 April 17, Ayala Ben-Yehuda, “Field of Dreams: Vive Grupero Festival Snares Regional Mexican Artists For Free”, in Billboard, volume 122, number 15, page 8
Noun (2) capitalized: Norteño
Norteño (plural Norteños)
- A Mexican gang.
- A Mexican gang member.
- A Mexican or Hispanic person.
Forms of norteño
| plural | Norteños |
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Origin of norteño
From Spanish norteño (“Northern [Mexico]”).
Borrowed from Spanish norteño (“northerner”), from the gang's territory in Northern California.
Questions about norteño
- What does norteño mean?
- Norteño means a genre of Mexican music related to polka and corridos, emerged in the late 19th century.
- What part of speech is norteño?
- Norteño is a noun.
- What is the plural of norteño?
- The plural of norteño is Norteños.
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