Norteño (
Spanish: "northerner") may refer to:
* Norteño refers to the people originally from
Northern Mexico
Northern Mexico ( ), commonly referred as , is an informal term for the northern cultural and geographical area in Mexico. Depending on the source, it contains some or all of the states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua (state), ...
in
hispanic countries
* By extension, Norteño refers to the people and the culture of
Northern New Mexico (particularly north-central and north-eastern regions), formerly a part of Mexico
*
Norteño (music)
''Norteño'' or ''norteña'' (, ''northern''), also ''música norteña'', is a subgenre of regional Mexican music. The music is most often based on duple and triple metre and its lyrics often deal with socially relevant topics, although there ar ...
is a style of Mexican music related to polka and corridos
*
Norteño (band) is a ''tango nuevo'' band from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
* Norteño is an alcoholic beverage (
aguardiente), from Ecuador
* The
Norteños are a large organization of largely Mexican-American street gangs in the United States
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