what is cajun people
CAJUN ('ka:-j@n), n. A person of French Canadian descent born or living along the. bayous, marshes, and prairies of southern Louisiana. The word Cajun began in 19th. century Acadie (now Nova Scotia, Canada) when the Acadians began to arrive. The. French of noble ancestry would say, les Acadiens, while some referred to the Acadians. as le 'Cadiens, dropping the A. Later came the Americans who could not pronounce. Acadien or 'Cadien, so the word Cajun was born. The 700,000 Cajuns who live in South Louisiana are descendants of French Canadians. About. 18,000 French-speaking Catholics inhabitants from Brittany, Poitou, Normandy, and across. France established the French colony of Acadia, now Nova Scotia, Canada.