Cajun
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- noun
- /ˈkeɪdʒən/
- We Coloradans can cook just as good as those Cajun ladies you got down there.
- Cajun culture
- Cajun music
- Cajun ethnicity
Examples
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You can practically taste the South and the Cajun influence.
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But the city, curiously, has become the center of the Cajun revival initiated by Chef Paul Prudhomme.
Academic text (1998) -
I have prepared a traditional Cajun dinner for three.
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The Cajun food is not bad either.
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A state marketing official commented: "Our problem is that Cajun is very, very popular right now...."
Academic text (1998) -
The latter celebration is now widely treated as a uniquely Cajun-French cultural institution.
Academic text (1999) -
"Five days," the puffy-faced Cajun woman said, and smiled in what seemed like an amused way.
Fiction book (2001) -
The festival featured delicious Cajun food and lively music from local bands.
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He grew up in a Cajun community, surrounded by vibrant traditions and customs.
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Visitors were excited to explore the Cajun culture of Louisiana through its unique cuisine.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cajun comes from the French word Acadien, for people from Acadia, an old name for part of 'eastern Canada'. That's why Cajun today means the French-speaking people and culture in Louisiana who came from those settlers.