Acadia

[uh-key-dee-uh]

noun

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

Acadia

/ əˈkeɪdɪə /

noun

1. 1. the Atlantic Provinces of Canada

   2. the French-speaking areas of these provinces

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

Example Sentences

Maine’s Acadia National Park requires them for Cadillac Summit Road, a scenic drive to the highest peak there.

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Born in 1930, Irving attended Nova Scotia’s Acadia University before leaving to join Irving Oil in 1951, where he worked with his father and his two brothers.

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Acadia National Park in Maine has watched its numbers more than double over the past decade.

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And so I tried to change my conversation to, listen, yeah, this was not done well by Acadia as far as neighborhood reach-out and everything, and community outreach.

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In Maine’s Acadia National Park, scientists have noted a possible link between warm nights in September and delayed fall colors.

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