Crioulo
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The Portuguese word crioulo (crioula, crioulos, crioulas) may refer to:
- In Brazil, a person of African ancestryAfro-BrazilianIn Brazil, the term "preto" is one of the five categories used by the Brazilian Census, along with "branco" , "pardo" , "amarelo" and "indígena"...
- A creole languageCreole languageA creole language, or simply a creole, is a stable natural language developed from the mixing of parent languages; creoles differ from pidgins in that they have been nativized by children as their primary language, making them have features of natural languages that are normally missing from...
, especially one of the Portuguese-based creole languages - Criollo horse, also known as a crioulo horse.