Cajun

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cultural group ethnic group

Cajun refers to an ethnic group in Louisiana descended primarily from French-speaking Acadian exiles, known for their distinct culture, cuisine, music, and dialect.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Cajuns 4
Cajun French 3
Cajun culture 3

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural group ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
ancestralLanguage Acadian French ⓘ
French ⓘ
associatedWith bayou communities ⓘ
fishing and trapping ⓘ
rice farming ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cuisineDish andouille sausage ⓘ
boudin ⓘ
crawfish boil ⓘ
gumbo ⓘ
jambalaya ⓘ
étouffée ⓘ
culturalPractice Catholic feast day observances ⓘ
Carnival ⓘ
surface form: Courir de Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras celebrations ⓘ
culturalSymbol bayou ⓘ
crawfish ⓘ
pirogue ⓘ
demographicEstimate hundreds of thousands in Louisiana ⓘ
dialect Louisiana French ⓘ
surface form: Cajun French

Louisiana French ⓘ
dialectFeature code-switching between French and English ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Acadian ⓘ
African ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Native Americans ⓘ
surface form: Native American

Spanish ⓘ
historicalEvent Great Upheaval ⓘ
expulsion of the Acadians ⓘ
knownFor Cajun cuisine ⓘ
Cajun music ⓘ
distinct French-based dialect ⓘ
rural Louisiana culture ⓘ
zydeco influence ⓘ
language Louisiana French ⓘ
surface form: Cajun French

English ⓘ
musicGenre Cajun music ⓘ
musicInstrument accordion ⓘ
fiddle ⓘ
triangle ⓘ
origin Acadian exiles ⓘ
primaryRegion Louisiana ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
settledIn Southwestern Louisiana ⓘ
surface form: Acadiana

Southwestern Louisiana ⓘ
surface form: southwestern Louisiana
subgroupOf Acadians ⓘ
French American ⓘ
surface form: French Americans

Louisiana ⓘ
surface form: Louisianians

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Cajuns
subject surface form: Crowley, Louisiana
Cajun cuisine → ethnicGroup → Cajun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cajuns
this entity surface form: Cajun culture
this entity surface form: Acadian (Cajun)
this entity surface form: Cajun culture
this entity surface form: Cajun French
this entity surface form: Cajun French
this entity surface form: Cajun culture
subject surface form: French Americans
this entity surface form: Cajuns
Acadian French → relatedTo → Cajun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cajun French
Louisiana French → spokenBy → Cajun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cajuns