Creole peoples were a mixture of people of European ancestry and slave populations (or free men and women of color). They were also referred to as "criollos", a word from the Spanish language meaning "created" and used in the post-French governance period to distinguish the two groups of New Orleans area and down river Creoles. Both mixed race and European Creole groups share many traditions and language, but their socio-economic roots differed in the original period of Louisiana history. Actually, the French word Creole is derived from the Portuguese word "Crioulo", which described Spaniards born in the Americas as opposed to Spain.
Barang (Khmer word) used. Barang (Khmer word) Barang () is a Khmer word meaning French. It is often mispronounced like "ba-réng". The correct pronunciation is "bâ-râng", but "pâ-râng" is also acceptable. It is thought to be corruption of the word France but this may be a misconception. The term is related to the Thai term "farang" which has a similar meaning. In the Malay language, barang means "thing". The origin of this word is debatable as there are several possibilities. One is that it came from Arabic (faranj) via Malay traders. Another is that it came straight from the French. Since Khmer does