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 terr ...

, 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 maj ...

, 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. Wh ...

, 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 ***

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 cr ...

, 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, a genre of folk music in Louisiana, the United States

Performers and record labels

* La Compagnie Créole, French music group * Kid Creole and the Coconuts, American music group * The Kidd Creole (b. 1960), American rapper * Creole Records, a record label

Works

* '' La créole'', 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 Internationa ...

, a common wiki markup language to be used across different wikis * Creole, Louisiana, a community in Cameron Parish, Louisiana * Creole Petroleum Corporation, 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 a ...