Carré is a French word, which means "

square In geometry, a square is a regular polygon, regular quadrilateral. It has four straight sides of equal length and four equal angles. Squares are special cases of rectangles, which have four equal angles, and of rhombuses, which have four equal si ...

". ''Carré'' may also refer to:

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* Carré (surname) * Carré Otis, American model and actress

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* Fort Carré, sixteenth-century fort in France *

Vieux Carré The French Quarter, also known as the (; ; ), is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. After New Orleans () was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, the city developed around the ("Old Square" in English), a ...

, French Quarter of New Orleans *Chapeau Carré, second highest peak on the island of

Carriacou Carriacou ( ) is an island of the Grenadine Islands. It is a part of the nation of Grenada and is located in the south-eastern Caribbean Sea, northeast of the island of Grenada and the north coast of South America. The name is derived from the ...

in the Grenada Grenadines *Chapeau Carré, populated place near Boucan-Carré, Haiti *

Bonnet Carré Spillway The Bonnet Carré Spillway is a Flood#Flood defences, planning, and management, flood control operation in the Lower Mississippi River, Mississippi Valley. Located in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, about west of New Orleans, it allows floodwat ...

, a flood control structure near

New Orleans New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 ...

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

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* Carré Theatre, one of the leading theatres in the Netherlands, founded by Oscar Carré * ''Carré'' (Stockhausen), composition for four orchestras and four choirs by Karlheinz Stockhausen *Carré, an infantry battle formation, more usually known as the

infantry square An infantry square, also known as a hollow square or square formation, was a musket-era historic close order formation used in combat by infantry units, usually when threatened with cavalry attack. To deploy its weapons effectively, a traditiona ...

*A type of bet in

Roulette Roulette (named after the French language, French word meaning "little wheel") is a casino game which was likely developed from the Italy, Italian game Biribi. In the game, a player may choose to place a bet on a single number, various grouping ...

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