ANSWERS: 2
  • It comes from the word "Acadian", of pertaining to the Acadian immigrants from Nova Scotia that settled in the Luisiana area. Knowing the Cajun's infamous accent (they can turn "New Orleans" into the one sylable 'nawlns") it's not hard to see how it went from "Acadian" to "Cajun".
  • What is now Nova Scotia was once called Acadia when settled by the French, who were known as Acadians. Deported by order of the British in 1755, they settled (largely) in southern Louisiana, in several towns about 120 miles west of New Orleans. The name Acadian eventually corrupted into cajun. Creole is a corrupted Spanish term (originally: criollo, "native to the place"), which was applied to early settlers of French or Spanish ancestry in the Western Hemi- sphere. Both Cajun and Creole are now regularly associated with Louisiana. The Hartman Web Site.

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