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Tejano

Tejano noun: a Spanish colonial settler of the region that later became Texas.

Noun

Tejano (countable and uncountable, plural Tejanos)

  1. (historical) A Spanish colonial settler of the region that later became Texas.
    • But when Santa Anna’s forces invaded the renegade province, Seguín and other Tejano leaders joined the secessionists in proclaiming an independent Republic of Texas2011, Colin Woodard, chapter 19, in American nations, New York: Penguin, →ISBN
  2. A Texan (especially male) of Mexican descent.
    Synonyms:
    Texican, Tex-Mexican
  3. (uncountable) Various forms of folk and popular music originating among the Mexican-American populations of Central and Southern Texas.
    • Calderon points out as evidence an increase in Tejano record sales worldwide, and the meteoric rise of the young late Tejano recording artist, Selena Quintanilla-Perez.2000, David Maciel, Isidro D. Ortiz, María Herrera-Sobek, Chicano Renaissance: Contemporary Cultural Trends, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    Tex-Mex music, Tejano music

Synonyms of Tejano

Forms of Tejano

pluralTejanos

Origin of Tejano

From Spanish tejano, originally a translation of Texan from English.

Questions about Tejano

What does Tejano mean?
Tejano means a Spanish colonial settler of the region that later became Texas.
What part of speech is Tejano?
Tejano is a noun.
What is the plural of Tejano?
The plural of Tejano is Tejanos.

Words near Tejano in the dictionary

  1. Tejada
  2. Tejadas
  3. Tejal
  4. Tejana
  5. Tejanas
  6. Tejano
  7. Tejanos
  8. Tejanx
  9. Tejanxs
  10. Tejaswi
  11. Tejat

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