Meanings
nounnorteña (plural norteñas)
plural norteñas
- A song in the norteño genre.
With very little fanfare, WZAA had become the first FM station in New York offering a format known as Mexican Regiona, which includes genres like ranchera, banda and norteña music.
2007 January 13, Seth Kugel, “The Sounds of Mexico Hit New York Airwaves”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021
Origin
- Spanishnorteña
- Englishnorteña
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish norteña.
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APA
norteña. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/norte%C3%B1a
MLA
“norteña.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/norte%C3%B1a. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “norteña,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/norte%C3%B1a.
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