Prepared according to a cooking style developed in a Creole area, now especially that of Louisiana, characterised by a mixture of European and African influences.
Proper Noun
Any specific creole language, especially that of Haiti.
Origin
Variously from French créole, from its source, Spanish criollo, and from its source, Portuguese crioulo, itself probably a diminutive of cria, from criar, from Latin creō. Criollo, and crioulo.
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