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Tepehuan

noun Tep·e·huan \ ¦tepə¦wän \
variants: or Tepehuane

Definition of Tepehuan

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

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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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