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 unit of Turkish money is the Turkish Lira (TÃ¼rk LirasÄ±, TL or TRY). On 1 March 2012 a unique symbol () was introduced by the Turkish Central Bank to denote the Turkish Lira. Banknotes are in denominations of TL1 (rare), 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 liras. The lira is divided into 100 KuruÅ (koo-ROOSH), with coins in denominations of Kr 1 (rare), 5, 10, 25 and 50 (KuruÅ). More... Here's the current exchange rate for the Turkish Lira.