creole

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Americans learned that his melting-pot family history included French, Italian, Spanish and mixed-race Louisiana Creole roots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

J'ouvert, which means "daybreak" or "opening of the day" in French Creole, marks the start of the Carnival celebrations across the Bank Holiday weekend.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2025

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, has Creole roots.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025

He has Creole roots through family members from New Orleans.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2025

The Creole word for “white person” was blan.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French