adjective
- of or relating to aspects of culture that combine Mexican and Texan or southwestern U.S. features, especially aspects of culture developed in southern Texas based on or influenced by Mexican elements: Tex-Mex cooking; Tex-Mex music.
noun
- a form of Mexican Spanish having elements of English and spoken near the border of Texas and Mexico, especially Mexican Spanish as spoken in Texas.
- Music. norteña.
adjective
- of, relating to, or denoting the Texan version of something Mexican, such as music, food, or language
adj.by 1914, from Texas + Mexico. An earlier noun for “Texan of Mexican background” was Texican (1863).