New Orleans French Doughnuts Beignets are the state doughnut of Louisiana. Pronounced, ben-yay, New Orleans locals often call them French Doughnuts or French Market Doughnuts. Beignets were brought to Louisiana in the 1800's by the French Acadians from Nova Scotia. Although you're free to serve them any way you prefer, the traditional New Orleans beignet is a square piece of dough, about 3 x 3.
The Cyprus Pound, denoted by the symbol CYP, is the official currency used in Cyprus.
The official currency of Turkey is the Turkish lira (TL), although the money was called the Turkish pound in Ottoman Turkey. There are 100 Kurush to every unit of Turkish currency (TL) but because inflation is so high in Turkey Kurush are rarely used.