Creole
ethnic groups formed from mixed cultural and linguistic ancestry
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Summary
Creole is an ethnic group[1]. Creole ranks in the top 2% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,869 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: multiracial people[3]
- Topic's main category: Category:Creole peoples[4]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[5], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[9]
- Different from: creole[10]
- Indigenous to: Americas[11], Africa[12], Asia[13], Indian Ocean Region[14]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject African diaspora[15], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]
- P14541: 2savEf[17]
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Influence
Things named for Creole include Creole cuisine[18], a group of cuisines by ethnic group[19] and NTM Creoula[20], a four-masted schooner[21].
Why It Matters
Creole has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Creole is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]
Entities named for Creole include Creole cuisine[18], a group of cuisines by ethnic group[19] and NTM Creoula[20], a four-masted schooner[21].