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.
Turkey's unit of currency is the Turkish Lira (TÃ¼rk LirasÄ±), abbreviated TL, TRY, or using the special Turkish lira symbol (âº). Here's the full story... Here are current Turkish Lira exchange rates. From 2005 through 2008, the Turkish currency was called the New Turkish Lira (Yeni TÃ¼rk LirasÄ±, YTL or TRY). In 2009 a new series of banknotes (bills) called E9, with strengthened anti-counterfeiting features, was introduced.