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Tepehuan

noun
Tep·e·huan | \ ¦tepə¦wän \
variants: or Tepehuane \ˌ⸗⸗ˈwänē \
plural Tepehuan or Tepehuans or Tepehuane or Tepehuanes

Definition of Tepehuan 

1a : a Piman people of Durango and adjacent states in northwestern Mexico

b : a member of such people

2 : the language of the Tepehuan people

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History and Etymology for Tepehuan

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

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