Creole may refer to:

Anthropology

Creole peoples Creole peoples are ethnic groups formed during the European colonial era, from the mass displacement of peoples brought into sustained contact with others from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds, who converged onto a colonial terri ...

, ethnic groups which originated from linguistic, cultural, and often racial mixing of colonial-era emigrants from Europe with non-European peoples *

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 ...

, the historic name of people of full or near full Spanish descent in Colonial Hispanic America and the Philippines. *

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 *

Creole language A creole language, or simply creole, is a stable natural language that develops from the simplifying and mixing of different languages into a new one within a fairly brief period of time: often, a pidgin evolved into a full-fledged 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''. **

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 An English-based creole language (often shortened to English creole) is a creole language for which English was the ''lexifier'', meaning that at the time of its formation the vocabulary of English served as the basis for the majority of the creo ...

, sometimes abbreviated English creoles ***

French-based creole languages A French creole, or French-based creole language, is a creole for which French is the lexifier. Most often this lexifier is not modern French but rather a 17th- or 18th-century koiné of French from Paris, the French Atlantic harbors, and the ...

, also termed Bourbonnais creole or Mascarene creole in western Indian Ocean islands

Music

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

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 *

Kid Creole and the Coconuts Kid Creole and the Coconuts is an American musical group created by August Darnell with Andy Hernandez and Adriana Kaegi. Its music incorporates a variety of styles and influences, in particular a mix of disco and Latin American, Caribbean, an ...

, American music group *

The Kidd Creole Nathaniel Glover (born February 19, 1960), also known as Nate or Danny Glover and better known by the stage name Kidd Creole, is a former American rapper. He was a member of the pioneering old school hip hop group Grandmaster Flash & the Furio ...

(b. 1960), American rapper *

Creole Records Creole Records was a UK record label that found most of its success in the disco and reggae genres in the mid-1970s to early 1980s. Bruce White and Tony Cousins, who used the collective pseudonym Bruce Anthony, originally set up Commercial ...

, 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 * ''Creole'' (album), a 1998 album by David Murray released on the Justin Time label * "Creole" (song), a 2006 song from the album ''B'Day'' by Beyonce

Ships

* French ship ''Créole'', various ships of the French Navy * ''Creole'', an American slave ship involved in the ''Creole'' case

Other uses

Creole (markup) Creole is a lightweight markup language, aimed at being a common markup language for wikis, enabling and simplifying the transfer of content between different wiki engines. History The idea was conceived during a workshop at the 2006 International ...

, a common wiki markup language to be used across different wikis *

Creole, Louisiana Creole is an unincorporated community in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States. The ZIP Code for Creole is 70632. History A post office was established at Creole in March 1890. The community was probably named for the Louisiana Creole people. ...

, a community in Cameron Parish, Louisiana *

Creole Petroleum Corporation The Creole Petroleum Corporation was an American oil company. It was formed in 1920 to produce fields on Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. The company was acquired by Standard Oil of New Jersey in 1928. Until 1951 Creole Petroleum was the world's number ...

, an American oil company formed in 1920 and nationalized by Venezuela in 1976 *

Louisiana Creole cuisine Louisiana Creole cuisine (french: cuisine créole, lou, manjé kréyòl, es, cocina criolla) is a style of cooking originating in Louisiana, United States, which blends West African, French, Spanish, and Amerindian influences, as well as i ...