Cajun

Refers to the culture and style of works produced in the southern Louisiana bayou lands by the descendents French Canadian immigrants who were driven out by the British when they captured the French colony of Acadia (which was centered in what is now Nova Scotia) in the 18th century. One characteristic that defines the culture is the use of a distinctive patois, which comprises archaic French words and idioms derived from the English, Spanish, German, American Indian, and black cultures in southern Louisiana.