Criollo or criolla (Spanish for creole) may refer to:
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Criollo people
In Hispanic America, criollo () is a term used originally to describe people of full Spaniards, Spanish descent born in the Viceroyalty, viceroyalties. In different Latin American countries, the word has come to have different meanings, mostly ...
, a social class in the Spanish colonial system.
Animals
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Criollo duck, a species of duck native to Central and South America.
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Criollo cattle
''Criollo'' (or Creole) is a group of cattle breeds descended from Iberian Peninsula, Iberian stock imported to the Americas. The cattle were imported through the Columbian exchange, Columbian Exchange during his second visit to the Caribbean. Cr ...
, a group of cattle breeds descended from Spanish stock imported to the Americas
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Argentine Criollo cattle, one of these breeds
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Raramuri Criollo cattle, another such breed
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Criollo horse
The Criollo (in Spanish), or Crioulo (in Portuguese), is the native horse of the Pampas (a natural region between Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay, in South America) with a reputation for long-distance endurance linked to a low basal metabolism. ...
, a South American horse breed
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Criollo sheep
The Criollo (also known as Creole, Chilludo, Pampa, Colombian, Lucero, Tarhumara, Uruguayan, and Venezuelan) is a breed of domestic sheep originating in the highlands of South and Central America. In the mid 16th Century, Spanish settlers brought ...
, a breed of domestic sheep originating in the highlands of South and Central America
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Cuban Criollo horse, a horse breed from Cuba
Food and plants
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Avocado criollo, the native undomesticated variety of avocado (''Persea americana'') as found in Mexico
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Criollo cheese, a Mexican grating cheese
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Criollo (cocoa bean)
The cocoa bean, also known as cocoa () or cacao (), is the dried and fully fermented seed of ''Theobroma cacao'', the cacao tree, from which cocoa solids (a mixture of nonfat substances) and cocoa butter (the fat) can be extracted. Cacao trees ...
, a cocoa bean cultivar from Chuao, Venezuela
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Criolla (grape)
Criolla is a term used in the name of several grape varieties, in particular varieties found in Argentina, the most common of which is Criolla Grande and another which is Criolla Chica.
The term Criollas is also used collectively to refer to a ...
, a group of grape varieties
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List of mango cultivars
The following is a list of some prominent mango cultivars. Worldwide, hundreds of mango cultivars are known.
Most commercial cultivars belong to ''Mangifera indica'', while a few commercial varieties grown in Southeast Asia belong to other ''Man ...
, or Mango criollo, a mango cultivar originating from Ecuador
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Pabellón criollo
Pabellón criollo () is a traditional Venezuelan dish that is considered the national dish. It mixes elements from the three different cultures that intermixed during Spanish colonial times: Native Americans, Spanish and Africans. The name is a s ...
, a traditional Venezuelan dish
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Pique criollo
Pique or piqué may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Piqué (ballet), a dance movement
* ''Pique'' (play), an 1875 play produced by Augustin Daly
* "Pique", an episode of ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (season 2)
Ships
* HMS ''Piq ...
, a hot condiment used in Puerto Rican cooking
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Criollo (chocolate), a rare and expensive variety of chocolate
Music
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Criolla
Criolla is a genre of Cuban music which is closely related to the music of the Cuban Coros de Clave and a genre of Cuban popular music called Clave.
The Clave became a very popular genre in the Cuban vernacular theater and was created by compo ...
, a genre of Cuban music
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Música criolla
Música criolla, Peruvian Creole music or ''canción criolla'' is a varied genre of Peruvian music that exhibits influences from European music, European, African music, African and Andean music, Andean music. The genre's name reflects the coas ...
, a genre of Peruvian music combining mainly African, Spanish and Andean influences
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, Canadian band
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Criolo
Kleber Cavalcante Gomes (born September 5, 1975), known professionally as Criolo (formerly Criolo Doido), is a Brazilian rapper and songwriter who has been nominated for four Latin Grammy Awards. He began his career in 1989 and initially gained ...
(born 1975), Brazilian singer and rapper
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Los Troveros Criollos
Los Troveros Criollos (English: The Creole Searchers) is a Peruvian musical group that is recognized for its contribution to ''música criolla''. Between 1952 and 1961, they recorded a wide range of songs, which became standards within the genre.
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, música criolla band from Peru
Other
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Criollo tobacco Criollo is a type of tobacco, primarily used in the making of cigars. It was, by most accounts, one of the original Cuban tobaccos that emerged around the time of Columbus. The term means ''native seed'', and thus a tobacco variety using the term, ...
, a type of tobacco originated in Cuba and used for cigar wrappers
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Criollos de Caguas (disambiguation) Criollos de Caguas, Spanish for "Caguas Creoles", is the name of three professional sport teams of Caguas, Puerto Rico:
* Criollas de Caguas, a women's volleyball team in the Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino
* Criollos de Caguas (baseball)
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El Fausto criollo
''El Fausto criollo'' ("The Creole Faust") is a 1979 Argentine fantasy drama film directed by Luis Saslavsky and Miguel Angel Lumaldo.Monte Criollo
''Monte Criollo'' is a 1935 Argentine musical film of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema directed and written by Arturo S. Mom. It is a tango film and starred Nedda Francy and Francisco Petrone.
Other cast
* Carlos Fioriti
* Agustín Magald ...
'', a 1935 Argentine musical film directed and written by Arturo S. Mom
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Criollismo
''Criollismo'' () is a literary movement that was active from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century throughout Hispanic America. It is considered the Hispanic counterpart to American literary regionalism. Using a realis ...
, Latin American literary movement
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Fútbol criollo, a style of playing football associated with Argentina
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Viveza criolla
"" is Spanish language phrase literally meaning " creole vivacity" and may be translated as "creoles' cleverness" or "creoles cunning". It describes a way of life in Argentina, Uruguay,''Diccionario del Español del Uruguay'', Academia Naciona ...
, an aspect of Argentine mentality
See also
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Creole (disambiguation)
Creole may refer to:
Anthropology
*Alaskan Creole people, people descended from the inhabitants of colonial Alaska before it became a part of the United States during the period of Russian rule
* Creole peoples, ethnic groups which originated ...
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