|tepə|wän noun
or tep·e·hua·ne ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈwänē
( plural tepehuan or tepehuans or tepehuane or tepehuanes )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Mexican Spanish Tepehuán, Tepehuane, from Nahuatl Tepehuan, from tepetl mountain + huan at the junction of
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