Criollo or criolla (Spanish for creole) may refer to:

People

Criollo people In Hispanic America, criollo () is a term used originally to describe people of Spanish descent born in the colonies. In different Latin American countries the word has come to have different meanings, sometimes referring to the local-born majo ...

, a social class in the Spanish race-based colonial caste system (the European descendants)

Animals

* Criollo duck, a species of duck native to Central and South America. *

Criollo cattle ''Criollo'' (or Creole) is a group of cattle breeds descended from Iberian stock imported to the Americas, including among othersMason, Ian Lauder: ''A world dictionary of livestock breeds, types and varieties.'' 4th edition. CAD International, Wa ...

, a group of cattle breeds descended from Spanish stock imported to the Americas **

Argentine Criollo cattle The Argentine Criollo is one of the Criollo type cattle found in the Americas. Criollo cattle are descended from the first bovines brought by Christopher Columbus in his travels to America. These cattle are known for their docility and workabil ...

, one of these breeds **

Raramuri Criollo cattle The Rarámuri Criollo is a landrace biotype of Criollo cattle indigenous to the Sierra Tarahumara region of the Copper Canyon, Mexico. In 2005 a small group was introduced to the Jornada Experimental Range (JER) in New Mexico, in the United Stat ...

, another such breed *

Criollo horse The Criollo (in Spanish), or Crioulo (in Portuguese), is the native horse of the Pampas (a natural region between Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, in South America) with a reputation for long-distance endurance linked to a low basal me ...

, a South American horse breed *

Criollo sheep The Criollo (also known as Creole, Chilludo, Pampa, Colombian, Lucero, Tarhumara, Uruguayan, and Venezuelan) is a breed of domestic sheep originating in the highlands of South and Central America. In the mid 16th Century, Spanish settlers brough ...

, a breed of domestic sheep originating in the highlands of South and Central America *

Cuban Criollo horse The Criollo Cubano originates from Andalusian horse, Spanish horses brought to Cuba by Diego Velázquez in 1751. There are four different breeds known as criollo: the Cubano de Paso, the Pinto Cubano, the Criollo de Trote and the Patibarcino. I ...

, a horse breed from Cuba

Food and plants

* Avocado criollo, the native undomesticated variety of avocado (''Persea americana'') as found in Mexico *

Criollo cheese Criollo is a grateable Mexican cheese similar to Munster cheese. It is a specialty of the region around Taxco, Guerrero. It is one of the few yellow cheeses made in Mexico. See also * Cheeses of Mexico * List of cheeses This is a list ...

, a Mexican grating cheese *

Criollo (cocoa bean) The cocoa bean (technically cocoa seed) or simply cocoa (), also called the cacao bean (technically cacao seed) or cacao (), is the dried and fully fermented seed of ''Theobroma cacao'', from which cocoa solids (a mixture of nonfat substances ...

, a cocoa bean cultivar from Chuao, Venezuela *

Criolla (grape) Criolla is a term used in the name of several grape varieties, in particular varieties found in Argentina, the most common of which is Criolla Grande and another which is Criolla Chica. The term Criollas is also used collectively to refer to a gro ...

, a group of grape varieties *

List of mango cultivars The following is a list of some prominent mango cultivars. Worldwide, hundreds of mango cultivars are known, with over 1000 varieties in India. Most commercial cultivars belong to ''Mangifera indica'', while a few commercial varieties grown in Sou ...

, or Mango criollo, a mango cultivar originating from Ecuador *

Pabellón criollo Pabellón criollo () is a traditional Venezuelan dish, the local version of the rice and beans combination found throughout the Caribbean. It is a plate of rice, shredded beef in stew and stewed black beans. Variants Common additions include '' ...

, a traditional Venezuelan dish *

Pique criollo Pique or piqué may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Piqué (ballet), a dance movement * ''Pique'' (play), an 1875 play produced by Augustin Daly * "Pique", an episode of ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (season 2) Ships * HMS ''Piq ...

, a hot condiment used in Puerto Rican cooking * Criollo (chocolate), a rare and expensive variety of chocolate

Music

Criolla Criolla is a genre of Cuban music which is closely related to the music of the Cuban Coros de Clave and a genre of Cuban popular music called Clave. The Clave became a very popular genre in the Cuban vernacular theater and was created by compose ...

, a genre of Cuban music *

Música criolla Música criolla or ''canción criolla'' is a varied genre of Peruvian music that exhibits influences from European, African and Andean music. The genre's name reflects the coastal culture of Peru, and the local evolution of the term ''criollo'', ...

, a genre of Peruvian music combining mainly African, Spanish and Andean influences *

Criollo (band) Criollo is a Montreal-based Latin, Hip hop band.

, Canadian band *

Criolo Kleber Cavalcante Gomes, or Criolo (São Paulo, September 5, 1975), is a Brazilian singer, rapper, songwriter and actor, four times nominated to the Latin Grammy Awards. With a career starting in 1989, he was originally known in Brazil as the cr ...

(born 1975), Brazilian singer and rapper *

Los Troveros Criollos Los Troveros Criollos (English: The Creole Searchers) is a Peruvian musical group that is recognized for its contribution to ''música criolla''. Between 1952 and 1961, they recorded a wide range of songs, which became standards within the genre. ...

, música criolla band from Peru

Other

Criollo tobacco Criollo is a type of tobacco, primarily used in the making of cigars. It was, by most accounts, one of the original Cuban tobaccos that emerged around the time of Columbus. The term means ''native seed'', and thus a tobacco variety using the term, ...

, a type of tobacco originated in Cuba and used for cigar wrappers *

Criollos de Caguas (disambiguation) Criollos de Caguas, Spanish for "Caguas Creoles", is the name of three professional sport teams of Caguas, Puerto Rico: * Criollas de Caguas, a women's volleyball team in the Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino * Criollos de Caguas (baseball), a bas ...

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El Fausto criollo ''El Fausto criollo'' ("The Creole Faust") is a 1979 Argentine fantasy drama film directed by Luis Saslavsky and Miguel Angel Lumaldo.Monte Criollo ''Monte Criollo'' is a 1935 Argentine musical film directed and written by Arturo S. Mom. It is a tango film and starred Nedda Francy and Francisco Petrone. Other cast *Carlos Fioriti *Agustín Magaldi * Azucena Maizani * Miguel Mileo ...

'', a 1935 Argentine musical film directed and written by Arturo S. Mom *

Criollismo ''Criollismo'' () is a literary movement that was active from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century throughout Hispanic America. It is considered the Hispanic counterpart to American literary regionalism. Using a realist ...

, Latin American literary movement * Fútbol criollo, a style of playing football associated with Argentina *

Viveza criolla Viveza criolla is a Spanish language phrase literally meaning " creoles' life" and may be translated as "creoles' cleverness" or "creoles cunning", describing a way of life in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, among othe ...

, an aspect of Argentine mentality