/nawr tayn"yeuh/ ; Sp. /nawrdd te"nyah/ , n.
a lively, polkalike folk music chiefly of southern Texas and northern Mexico, usually with Spanish lyrics and played on accordion and 12-string guitar, sometimes with fiddle and saxophone.
Also, norteno /nawr tayn"yoh/ . Also called Tex-Mex .
[ norteño northern(er), equiv. to nort ( e ) NORTH + -eño adj. suffix (see MADRILEÑO) ]