Acadia

[ uh-key-dee-uh ]

/ əˈkeɪ di ə /

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a former French colony in SE Canada: ceded to Great Britain 1713.

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French A·ca·die

[a-ka-dee]. /a kaˈdi/.

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When I visit Acadia, which is often, I feel I’m entering an elegant wilderness, a land hardened by glaciers and waves and weather that’s been groomed by human hands.
The Ultimate Acadia National Park Travel Guide|Virginia M. Wright|February 8, 2021|Outside Online
On Tuesday, we took the kids to Acadia National Park—about 55 miles from where we were staying.
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We'll travel in the opposite direction from Acadia, for Nova Scotia is large enough to contain us all without a collision.
Amy in Acadia|Helen Leah Reed
The King had certainly given Poutrincourt rights in Acadia, and he had passed them on to his son.
Amy in Acadia|Helen Leah Reed

He had been graduated from Acadia College a few years before, the youngest of his class by more than a year.
Amy in Acadia|Helen Leah Reed
Every king's ship from Acadia brought to Ponchartrain letters full of matters like these.
A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I|Francis Parkman
First, the question of Acadia: whether the treaty gave England a vast country, or only a strip of seacoast.
A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I|Francis Parkman

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Acadia

/ (əˈkeɪdɪə) /

noun

the Atlantic Provinces of Canada
the French-speaking areas of these provinces

(formerly) a French colony in the present-day Atlantic Provinces: ceded to Britain in 1713

French name: Acadie (akadi)

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