Definition of Tarascan

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Ta·ras·can

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n) KEY also Ta·ras·co (-rä

) KEY

NOUN:
pl. Ta·ras·cans, also Tarasco or Ta·ras·cos

1. A member of a Mesoamerican Indian people of southwest Mexico whose civilization was at its height from the 14th century until the Spanish conquest.
2. A descendant of this people.
The language of the Tarascans, of no known linguistic affiliation.

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