Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tejana

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: te-jana
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female Texan of Mexican descent.

Etymology

From Spanish tejana, the feminine equivalent of tejano.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: tejana

Inflected Forms

Tejanas (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Tejano

Questions

What does tejana mean?: A female Texan of Mexican descent.
Where does tejana come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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