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Nova Scotia

[ noh-vuh skoh-shuh ]

noun

  1. a peninsula and province in SE Canada: once a part of the French province of Acadia. 21,068 sq. mi. (54,565 sq. km). : Halifax.
  2. Informal. Nova Scotia salmon.


Nova Scotia

/ ˈnəʊvə ˈskəʊʃə /

noun

  1. a peninsula in E Canada, between the Gulf of St Lawrence and the Bay of Fundy
  2. a province of E Canada, consisting of the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island: first settled by the French as Acadia. Capital: Halifax. Pop: 936 960 (2004 est). Area: 52 841 sq km (20 402 sq miles)


Nova Scotia

  1. Province in eastern Canada , including a peninsula to the east of New Brunswick and Cape Breton Island, as well as several smaller adjacent islands. With New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island , Nova Scotia makes up the Maritime Provinces . Halifax is its capital and largest city.


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Notes

French settlers, who called the area Acadia, were expelled by the British in the 1750s. Many of the exiled Acadians settled in Louisiana and became the ancestors of today's Cajuns.

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Other Words From

  • Nova Scotian adjective noun

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Example Sentences

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia—It's amazing what some fresh Nova Scotia air can do.

The couple will visit Pictou County for an event to celebrate Celtic heritage in Nova Scotia.

On Thursday, Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter said he had ordered four government departments to investigate Rehtaeh's death.

Take Stacie, a stay-at-home mom in Nova Scotia, Canada, who's struggled with sex-related pain for years.

September 1998: Swissair 111 crashes near Nova Scotia with 229 on board.

On that fatal day in August on which war broke out we were in Nova Scotia.

The citizens of Halifax, Nova Scotia, celebrated the 108th anniversary of the settlement of that place.

A large number of loyalists were now leaving the States and settling in Nova Scotia.

They call the potatoes ‘Bluenoses’ just as they call the Nova Scotia folks.

He came from Nova Scotia, too, and called himself a typical Bluenose.

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