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.
lira (plural lire or liras) 1  The basic unit of currency in Turkey. 2  The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar) 3  The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro.