Criollo

Criollo or criolla (Spanish for creole) may refer to:

People

• Criollo people, a social class in the Spanish race-based colonial caste system (the European descendants)

Animals

• Criollo duck, a species of duck native to Central and South America.
• Criollo cattle, a group of cattle breeds descended from Spanish stock imported to the Americas
  • Argentine Criollo cattle, one of these breeds
  • Raramuri Criollo cattle, another such breed
• Criollo horse, a South American horse breed
• Criollo sheep, a breed of domestic sheep originating in the highlands of South and Central America
• Cuban Criollo horse, a horse breed from Cuba

Food and plants

• Avocado criollo, the native undomesticated variety of avocado (Persea americana) as found in Mexico
• Criollo cheese, a Mexican grating cheese
• Criollo (cocoa bean), a cocoa bean cultivar from Chuao, Venezuela
• Criolla (grape), a group of grape varieties
• List of mango cultivars, or Mango criollo, a mango cultivar originating from Ecuador
• Pabellón criollo, a traditional Venezuelan dish
• Pique criollo, a hot condiment used in Puerto Rican cooking
• Criollo (chocolate), a rare and expensive variety of chocolate

Music

• Criolla, a genre of Cuban music
• Música criolla, a genre of Peruvian music combining mainly African, Spanish and Andean influences
• Criollo (band), Canadian band
• Criolo (born 1975), Brazilian singer and rapper
• Los Troveros Criollos, música criolla band from Peru

Other

• Criollo tobacco, a type of tobacco originated in Cuba and used for cigar wrappers
• Criollos de Caguas (disambiguation)
• El Fausto criollo, a 1979 Argentine film directed by Luis Saslavsky
• Monte Criollo, a 1935 Argentine musical film directed and written by Arturo S. Mom
• Criollismo, Latin American literary movement
• Fútbol criollo, a style of playing football associated with Argentina
• Viveza criolla, an aspect of Argentine mentality

See also

• Creole (disambiguation)