Tarascan

Tarascan
/teuh ras"keuhn, -rahs"-/, n., pl. Tarascans, (esp. collectively) Tarascan for 1.
n. Also, Tarasco.
1. a member of an American Indian people of Michoacán state, in southwestern Mexico.
2. the language of the Tarascans.
adj.
3. of or pertaining to the Tarascans or their language.

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