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Cajuns

Cajuns, KAY juhnz, are a group of people in southern Louisiana and Texas who are descendants of French settlers called Acadians. The Acadians came from the Acadia region of Canada, which included New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (see Acadia). The word Cajuns comes from Acadians.

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