Creole may refer to:
Anthropology
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Creole peoples, ethnic groups which originated from linguistic, cultural, and often racial mixing of colonial-era emigrants from Europe with non-European peoples
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Criollo people, the historic name of people of full or near full Spanish descent in Colonial Hispanic America and the Philippines.
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Louisiana Creole people
Louisiana Creoles (french: Créoles de la Louisiane, lou, Moun Kréyòl la Lwizyàn, es, Criollos de Luisiana) are people descended from the inhabitants of colonial Louisiana before it became a part of the United States during the period of bo ...
, 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
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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 ''Kriol''.
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List of creole languages
A creole language is a stable natural language developed from a mixture of different languages. Unlike a pidgin, a simplified form that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups, a creole language is a complete language, us ...
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English-based creole languages, sometimes abbreviated English creoles
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French-based creole languages, also termed Bourbonnais creole or Mascarene creole in western Indian Ocean islands
Music
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Creole music
The term Creole music (french: musique créole) is used to describe both the early folk or roots music traditions of rural Creoles of Louisiana.
Examples
One possible definition of Creole folk music is this: melodies, sometimes including dance-re ...
, a genre of folk music in Louisiana, the United States
Performers and record labels
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La Compagnie Créole
La Compagnie Créole is a popular French pop band from French Guiana and the French West Indies, founded in the 1970's. They originally started singing in Creole but quickly adopted French as their main language. They are known mostly for the f ...
, French music group
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Kid Creole and the Coconuts, American music group
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The Kidd Creole (b. 1960), American rapper
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Creole Records, a record label
Works
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La créole
''La créole'' is an ''opéra comique'' in three acts of 1875 with music by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was by Albert Millaud, with additional material by Henri Meilhac. It was one of three full-length stage works written almost simult ...
'', an 1875 opéra comique, with music by Jacques Offenbach
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''Creole'' (album), a 1998 album by David Murray released on the Justin Time label
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"Creole" (song), a 2006 song from the album ''B'Day'' by Beyonce
Ships
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French ship ''Créole'', various ships of the French Navy
* ''Creole'', an American slave ship involved in the
''Creole'' case
Other uses
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Creole (markup), a common wiki markup language to be used across different wikis
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Creole, Louisiana, a community in Cameron Parish, Louisiana
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Creole Petroleum Corporation, an American oil company formed in 1920 and nationalized by Venezuela in 1976
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Louisiana Creole cuisine, a style of cooking originating in Louisiana
See also
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Broken English (disambiguation)
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Creola (disambiguation)
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Criollo (disambiguation)
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Crioulo (disambiguation)
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Krio (disambiguation)
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Pidgin
A pidgin , or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups of people that do not have a language in common: typically, its vocabulary and grammar are limited and often drawn from s ...
, a simplified language originating from a blend of languages
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List of English-based pidgins
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Pidgin (disambiguation)
Pidgin is a simplified language that develops between two or more groups who do not share a common language, as contrasted to a Creole language, a full language with native speakers, often originating from a Pidgin language.
Pidgin may also refe ...
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