Purépecha

noun

Pu·​ré·​pe·​cha pü-ˈrā-pā-chä 

variants or Purepecha

1

plural Purépecha or Purepecha also Purépechas or Purepechas : a member of an Indigenous people of the state of Michoacán, Mexico

called also Tarascan

2

: the language of the Purépecha people

called also Tarascan

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined at sense 1