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The English word creole derives from the French créole, which in turn came from Portuguese crioulo, a diminutive of cria meaning a person raised in one's house.Cria is derived from criar, meaning "to raise or bring up", itself derived from the Latin creare, meaning "to make, bring forth, produce, beget"; which is also the source of the English word "create".
The word creole comes from the Portuguese term crioulo, which means "a person raised in one's house" and from the Latin creare, which means "to create, make, bring forth, produce, beget". [6] [7] In the New World, the term originally referred to Europeans born and raised in overseas colonies [8] (as opposed to the European-born peninsulares).
With later migrations Atlantic creole culture can be found throughout the Americas and the world, as Jane Landers notes, the Atlantic Creoles were "merchants, enslavers, linguists, sailors, artisans, musicians, and military figures" who "interacted with a wide variety of European and Amerindian groups and helped shape a new Atlantic world system."
Map of North America in 1750, before the French and Indian War (part of the international Seven Years' War (1756 to 1763)). The Flag of French Louisiana. Through both the French and Spanish (late 18th century) regimes, parochial and colonial governments used the term Creole for ethnic French and Spanish people born in the New World.
Louisiana Creole people, people descended from the inhabitants of colonial Louisiana before it became a part of the United States during the period of both French and Spanish rule; Creole language, a language that originated as a mixed language. Many creole languages are known by their speakers as some variant of "creole", for example spelled ...
In Hispanic America, criollo (Spanish pronunciation:) is a term used originally to describe people of full Spanish descent born in the viceroyalties.In different Latin American countries, the word has come to have different meanings, mostly referring to the local-born majority.
Savory Creole Fish Etouffee (Stew) combines the creamy consistency of an etouffee with the vibrant flavors of a tomato-based Creole stew. Get the recipe: Creole Fish Etouffée (Stew) Bobbi's Kozy ...
The Strange History of the American Quadroon: Free Women of Color in the Revolutionary Atlantic World. The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9781469607528. Dominguez, Virginia (1986). White by Definition: Social Classification in Creole Louisiana. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813511092. Cossé Bell, Caryn (2004).