Editing Galliano, Louisiana (section)

==History==
The area was named by the late [[postmaster]] Alzec Autin, who chose the name "Galliano" in honor of an original settler in the area formerly known as ''Côte Cheramie''. Signor Antoine Galliano settled in the vicinity in the late 1700s and had a large farm and a citrus tree orchard. He came from the [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]] in the vicinity of [[Naples]], Italy, where he was in the service of the King of Spain.

A popular local legend is that his wife, Julia, had no last name and was related closely to the King of Spain. Antoine Galliano or Galiano (Spanish spelling) had fallen in love with a lady of noble birth &ndash; probably a princess, since he was in the King's Guard. He and his wife were sent to [[Louisiana (New Spain)]] and settled in the area known now as Galliano. His descendants still live in the area, and the name Galliano is spelled in the Italian style, but some descendants spell it Galiano in the Spanish tradition.

The area was also the home of a large Acadian French or [[Cajun]] population, and [[Cajun French]] is a predominant language along with English.