# Tejano

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #96,556

## Definitions
1. A Spanish colonial settler of the region that later became Texas.
2. A Texan (especially male) of Mexican descent.
3. Various forms of folk and popular music originating among the Mexican-American populations of Central and Southern Texas.

## Etymology
From Spanish tejano, originally a translation of Texan from English.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tejano