Criollo is a Spanish term (feminine criolla, plural criollos/criollas) which may refer to:

• The Criollos, a caste in the Spanish colonial caste system.
• Any Creole peoples in Spanish-speaking regions, or former Spanish colonies.
• Any creole languages that is Spanish-based, or is spoken in Spanish-speaking regions.
• The Criollo cultivar of cacao.
• Criollo tobacco, a variety of tobacco used for cigar wrappers which originated in Cuba. Originally this term refered to a specific strain of tobacco, but since it literally just means "native", it has been used to describe any number of tobacco varieties from various countries.
• Criollo (horse), a South American horse breed.
• Cuban Criollo (horse), a Cuban horse breed.
• Criollo (sheep), a sheep breed.
• Criollo cattle, the Mexican name of the Corriente cattle
• The Criollos de Caguas or Caguas Creoles (basketball), a team frm Caguas, Puerto Rico.
• Pan Criollo, a constructed language by Xul Solar amusingly named after a traditional type of Argentine bread, popularly believed to be kneaded with the feet.
• The Spanish name for the Mission (grape) is Uva Criolla.
• A criollo is the opposite of a gringo.

Criollo, in the Spanish colonial Castas (caste system) of Latin America, was a person born in the Spanish colonies deemed to have Pureza de Sangre (Spanish for Purity of Blood) in respect to the individuals European ancestry. ... The Spanish colonization of the Americas began with the arrival in the Western Hemisphere of Christopher Columbus (Cristóbal Colón) in 1492. ... The word Caste is derived from the Portuguese word casta, meaning lineage, breed or race. ... The term Creole and its relatives in other languages — such as crioulo, criollo, créole, kriolu, criol, kreyol, kriulo, kriol, krio, etc. ... A creole language, or just creole, is a well-defined and stable language that originated from a non-trivial combination of two or more languages, typically with many distinctive features that are not inherited from either parent. ... This Osteospermum Pink Whirls is a successful cultivar. ... Binomial name Theobroma cacao L. Cacao (Theobroma cacao) is a small (4–8 m tall) evergreen tree in the family Sterculiaceae (alternatively Malvaceae), native to tropical Mexico, but now cultivated throughout the tropics. ... The Criollo that is the native horse of Argentina (1918), Uruguay (1923), Brazil (1932) and Paraguay, may have the best endurance of any horse breed in the world next to the Arabian. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... The Criollo horse of Cuba is a small stout breed used by the Guajiro people. ... Corriente cow and calf Corriente cattle are descended from Spanish cattle brought to the Americas in the late 1400s. ... The Caguas Creoles —or Criollos de Caguas in Spanish— were a BSN basketball team based in Caguas, Puerto Rico. ... Caguas (founded in 1775) is a municipality located in the eastern central area of Puerto Rico. ... A constructed or artificial language — known colloquially as a conlang — is a language whose phonology, grammar, and/or vocabulary have been devised by an individual or small group, instead of having naturally evolved as part of a culture. ... Xul Solar was the adopted name of Oscar Agust n Alejandro Schulz Solari (December 14, 1887 - April 9, 1963), Argentinian painter, sculptor, writer, and inventor of imaginary languages. ... Mission grapes are a variety of Vitis vinifera introduced from Spain to the western coasts of North and South America in the 1500s by Roman Catholic missionaries for use in making sacramental wine. ... Look up gringo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Other things with criollo in their names

• Canción criolla Argentine and Unruguayan country music.
• Duelo criollo, a duel with knives in Argentina and Uruguay.
• Pabellón criollo, a traditional Venezuelan dish.
• Musica criolla, any of various musical styles from Peru.
• Vals criollo, or creole waltz, an urban dance from Argentina.
• Pino criollo, or laso (Prumnopitys montana).
• Adobo criollo, a spice or combination of spices. Adobar is Spanish for marinate.
• Apio criollo, the Venezuelan name of the arracacha.
• "Hablando en criollo, "speaking creole", an expression that usually prefaces the use of blunt or vulgar language (as in English "pardon my French".)
• Comida Criolla, spanish food, typically from the Caribbean, usually consisting of rice, beans, and seasoned meat (beef, chicken, or pork), and may also include a plantain side.

Criollo is also a proper name: Pabellón criollo is a traditional Venezuelan dish. ... Musica criolla is a Peruvian genre of music, which combines African, Spanish and other influences, especially polkas and waltzes. ... Marination, also known as marinading, is the process of soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking. ... Binomial name Arracacia xanthorrhiza Bancroft The arracacha (Arracacia xanthorrhiza) is a garden root vegetable originally from the Andes, somewhat intermediate between the carrot and celery. ...

• Agustín Criollo, a guitar player.
• Criollo (band), a Bahire band.

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Parts of the guitar. ... Criollo is a Montreal Bahire group. ...

Terms derived from the word criollo

• Criollada, a deed typical of a traditional Argentine; also a collective noun for the criollo masses, as distinct from the gringada, the generality of persons of gringo origin.

• Criollita, a simple saltine cream cracker, in Argentina.

• Criollito, Spanish diminutive, a term of enderament for a typical, all-Argentine (or Uruguayan) boy or young man.

• Criollazo, a Spanish augmentative, meaning a real, authentic criollo. Term of endearment for a patriarchal figure.

• Criollismo, the cultivation of criollo values, especially in literature, sometimes in a chauvinistic way. (i.e., nativism.)

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Look up gringo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Chauvinism is extreme and unreasoning partisanship on behalf of a group to which one belongs, especially when the partisanship includes malice and hatred towards a rival group. ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...

External links

• An article about Criollo (and Corojo) tobacco