Cajun country
Southern Louisiana territory
Cajun country is the region of southern Louisiana settled by French-speaking Acadians expelled from Canada in the 18th century.
The area centers on the bayous and prairies west of New Orleans, known for distinctive cuisine, music, and culture: We drove through Cajun country eating boudin and listening to zydeco.
- Mardi GrasPre-Ash Wednesday celebration
- French languageRomance tongue from Paris
- marshlandWaterlogged lowland area
- boudinRice-stuffed pork casing
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
Lafayette · accordion · dance hall · Catholicism · Houma · Spanish moss · fiddle · roux · cast iron pot · zydeco · family gatherings · crawfish boil · po'boy · jambalaya · beignets · storytelling · Gulf Coast · rice fields
- LouisianaNew Orleans, Baton Rouge, Bourbon Street, Shreveport, French Quarter
- South Central USTexas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Houston
- Cajun LouisianaAcadiana, bayou, crawfish, gumbo, jambalaya
- French AmericaCreole, French Quarter, New Orleans, Acadiana, French heritage
- Louisiana swampsbayou, cypress, bald cypress, alligator, crawfish
- Louisiana wetlandsbayou, marshes, marshlands, marshland, bayous
Cajun, Cajuns, country, countries, countryside, countrified, countrywide, Acadian, Acadians