Tepehuan

noun

Tep·​e·​huan

¦tepə¦wän

variants or Tepehuane

ˌ⸗⸗ˈwänē

plural Tepehuan or Tepehuans or Tepehuane or Tepehuanes

1

a

: a Piman people of Durango and adjacent states in northwestern Mexico

b

: a member of such people

2

: the language of the Tepehuan people

Word History

Etymology

Mexican Spanish Tepehuán, Tepehuane, from Nahuatl Tepehuan, from tepetl mountain + huan at the junction of

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