Cajun

Meaning

1. Of spicy food prepared in the style of the Cajun cuisine.
2. A member of the ethnic group descending from Acadia, primarily French-speaking Catholic and living in Southern Louisiana and Maine.
3. Alternative letter-case form of Cajun.
4. Relating to the Cajun people or their culture.
5. Any uneducated, poor Francophone in French Louisiana.

Etymology / origin

An Anglicization of the Acadian French Cadien (itself an aphetic form of Acadien (“Acadian”)), reflecting the palatalization of /dj/ to /d͡ʒ/ in the Acadian dialect.

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