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CAJUN [3 records]

Record 1 1994-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
OBS

A native of Louisiana believed to be descended from the French exiles from Acadia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
OBS

Nom donné par les Américains aux Acadiens installés en Louisiane après la Déportation.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culinary Techniques
OBS

Cajun: A member of a group of people with an enduring cultural tradition whose French Catholic ancestors established permanent communities in Louisiana and Maine after being expelled from Acadia in the late 18th century.

OBS

In the style of the Cajun cooking.

OBS

Cajun is the most common spelling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques culinaires
OBS

Cajun : nom donné par les Américains aux Acadiens installés en Louisiane après la déportation.

Spanish

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Record 3 1993-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

Language spoken by the descendants of French Canadians who settled in the bayou lands of southern Louisiana. It is a combination of archaic French forms with idioms taken from their English, Spanish, German, American Indian and black neighbours.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue parlée par les descendants des Acadiens établis en Louisiane. Il s'agit d'un patois français enrichi de nombreux emprunts.

Spanish

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