Tepehuan
noun
Tep·e·huan
\¦tepə¦wän\
variants: or
Tepehuane
Definition of Tepehuan
Tepehuan
orTepehuans
orTepehuane
orTepehuanes
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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Origin and Etymology of tepehuan
Mexican Spanish Tepehuán, Tepehuane, from Nahuatl Tepehuan, from tepetl mountain + huan at the junction of
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