Tarascan

noun

Ta·​ras·​can tə-ˈra-skən  -ˈrä- 

1

plural Tarascans : a member of an Indigenous people of the state of Michoacán, Mexico : purépecha

2

: the language of the Tarascan people : purépecha

Word History

Etymology

Spanish tarasco

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined at sense 1