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.
Arab (etymology) Arab (etymology) The proper name Arab or Arabian (and cognates in other languages) has been used to translate several different but similar-sounding words in ancient and classical texts which do not necessarily have the same meaning or origin. The etymology of the term is closely linked to that of the place name "Arabia". Gustave E. von Grunebaum, in his book "Classical Islam" said that an approximate translation is "passerby" or "nomad". The root of the word has many meanings in Semitic languages including "desert", "nomad", "merchant", "raven" and "comprehensible" with all of these having varying degrees of relevance to the