Usually means: Louisiana cuisine with French influence.
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  1. Cajun, cajun: Merriam-Webster
  2. Cajun: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Cajun: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Cajun: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Cajun: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cajun, cajun: Wordnik
  7. Cajun, cajun: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Cajun, cajun: Wiktionary
  9. Cajun: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Cajun (Cajan): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. Cajun: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Cajun: Dictionary.com
  13. Cajun: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. cajun: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Cajun: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Cajun: Rhymezone
  17. cajun: FreeDictionary.org
  18. cajun: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. Cajun: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. cajun: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  21. Cajun: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Cajun: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Cajun)

▸ noun:  A member of the ethnic group descending from Acadia, primarily French-speaking Catholic and living in Southern Louisiana and Maine.
▸ noun:  (ethnic slur, dated) Any uneducated poor Francophone in French Louisiana.
▸ adjective:  Relating to the Cajun people or their culture.
▸ adjective:  Of spicy food prepared in the style of the Cajun cuisine.
▸ adjective:  Alternative letter-case form of Cajun [Relating to the Cajun people or their culture.]

Similar:
Acadian, Cajun-Creole, Cajun Creole, creole, Canajun, Louisianese, Languedocian, Creolean, Yankee, Louisianan, more...

Opposite:
non-Cajun, not Cajun, un-Cajun

Phrases:
cajun country, Cajun French, Cajun cuisine, Cajun English, Cajun microwave, more...

Adjectives:
nike, little, old, big, traditional, real, young, true, lopez, acadian, tall

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Similar:
Acadian, Cajun-Creole, Cajun Creole, creole, Canajun, Louisianese, Languedocian, Creolean, Yankee, Louisianan, more...

Opposite:
non-Cajun, not Cajun, un-Cajun

Phrases:
cajun country, Cajun French, Cajun cuisine, Cajun English, Cajun microwave, Cajun navy, Cajun music, Cajun Pawn Stars, Cajun Field, Belizaire the Cajun, Cajun accordion, Cajun Justice, spicy cajun pork sausage, more...

Adjectives:
nike, little, old, big, traditional, real, young, true, lopez, acadian, tall

Colors:
    cayenne,     paprika,     chili pepper,     saffron,     turmeric, more...



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