Tejano
Sign in to savethumb|310x310px |Tejanos (1859) Tejanos ( , ; ) are descendants of mostly Native Americans and Spanish settlers, but also Texas Creoles and Mestizos who settled in Texas before its admission as an American state. The term is also sometimes applied to Texans of Mexican descent.
Key facts
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- Flag of Texas
- Ethnic group.group
- Tejanos
- Ethnic group.pop
- 9,530,419 (people of Mexican origin; 2020 Census)
- Ethnic group.regions
- Texas (especially El Paso, San Antonio, and South Texas), Louisiana (Los Adaes)
- Ethnic group.langs
- Texan Spanish, Sabine River Spanish, Texan English, Spanglish
- Ethnic group.rels
- Predominantly Roman Catholic
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22 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Texas Creoles
- History
- Spanish government and Mexican Texas
- Republic of Texas
- 20th century
- Demographics
- Ethnic and national origins
- Culture
- Music
- Food
- Religion
- Politics
- Notable people
- Tejanos of colonial origin or descent
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- Politics
- Religion
- Women
- Historiography
thumb|310x310px |Tejanos (1859) Tejanos ( , ; ) are descendants of mostly Native Americans and Spanish settlers, but also Texas Creoles and Mestizos who settled in Texas before its admission as an American state. The term is also sometimes applied to Texans of Mexican descent.
== Etymology == The word Tejano, with a J instead of X, comes from the Spanish interpretation of the original Caddo indigenous word Tayshas, which means "friend" or "ally". Texas Mestizo refers to a person born in the New World that has one Texan-Spanish and one Indian parent.