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1 Creole -- rank: 1000

Creole definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CREOLE, n. In the West Indies and Spanish America, a native ... contact between two other languages and has features of both; "Creole grammars" 2: of or relating to or characteristic of native-born persons of French descent in Louisiana; "Creole cooking" n 1: a person of European descent born in ... food typically prepared with rice, okra, tomatoes, and peppers < shrimp creole > Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: French créole, from Spanish criollo ... esp. African) language. --adj. 1 of or relating to a Creole or Creoles. 2 (usu. creole) of Creole origin or ...

2 Creole State -- rank: 799

Creole State definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Creole State Creole State Louisiana; -- a nickname. See Creole, n. & a.

3 Haitian Creole -- rank: 786

Haitian Creole definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a creole language spoken by most Haitians; based on French and various ... Merriam Webster's noun Date: circa 1938 a French-based creole spoken by Haitians

4 creole-fish -- rank: 773

creole-fish definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: deep-sea fish of tropical Atlantic [syn: creole-fish, Paranthias furcifer]

5 Mauritius -- rank: 363

... leading to some protests over standards of living in the Creole community. Location total: 2,040 sq km land: 2,030 ... Port Louis. About three-fifths of the population are either Creole or of French descent, and two-fifths are Indian. Languages: English (official), Creole (lingua franca), various ethnic languages. Religions: Hinduism (one-half the ...

6 creolize -- rank: 363

... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: develop into a creole; "pidgins often creolize" Merriam Webster's transitive verb (-ized; -izing ... circa 1932 to cause (a pidginized language) to become a creole in a speech community • creolization noun Oxford Reference Dictionary v.tr. (also -ise) form a Creole from (another language). Derivatives: creolization n.

7 talkee talkee -- rank: 286

... chatter, chitter-chatter, clack, clatter, comma fault, corruption of speech, creole, creole language, creolized language, dangling modifier, faulty comparison, faulty coordination, faulty ...

8 Krio -- rank: 286

... language, perhaps from Yoruba Kiriyó Christian, ultimately from Portuguese crioulo Creole Date: 1955 an English-based creole spoken in Sierra Leone

9 Gullah -- rank: 286

... South Carolina, Georgia, and northeastern Florida 2. an English-based creole spoken by the Gullahs that is marked by vocabulary and ... of S. Carolina or the nearby sea islands. 2 the Creole language spoken by them. Etymology: perh. a shortening of Angola ...

10 French Guiana -- rank: 286

... the border with Suriname. French Guiana's population is mostly Creole. The principal languages are French (official) and Creole; 90% of the people are Roman Catholic. Originally settled by ...

11 zombie -- rank: 286

... zombie, zombi] Merriam Webster's also zombi noun Etymology: Louisiana Creole or Haitian Creole zonbi, of Bantu origin; akin to Kimbundu nzúmbe ghost Date ...

12 Jargon -- rank: 286

... bull, bunk, cackle, cant, chatter, cipher, claptrap, code, colloquialize, crap, creole, creole language, creolized language, cryptogram, dialect, dictionary, double Dutch, double-talk ...

13 patois -- rank: 181

... substantial proportion of the population speak a French-based patois. = creole N-VAR Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. [ Fr ...

14 Paranthias furcifer -- rank: 181

... 2005) n 1: deep-sea fish of tropical Atlantic [syn: creole-fish, Paranthias furcifer]

15 Oliver, King -- rank: 181

... gé L. Armstrong to join him in Chicago in his Creole Jazz Band. Their recordings together, incl. "Dipper Mouth Blues," are ...