Maritime Provinces

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plural noun

the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.

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Also called Mar·i·times .

OTHER WORDS FROM Maritime Provinces

Mar·i·tim·er, noun

Words nearby Maritime Provinces

Maritime Alps, maritime belt, Maritime Command, maritime law, maritime pine, Maritime Provinces, Maritimer, Maritsa, Mariupol, Marius, Marivaux

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How to use Maritime Provinces in a sentence

We then travelled through the island by railway and crossed to the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
In all three Maritime Provinces political and party controversy was little known for a generation after the Revolution.
The Canadian Dominion|Oscar D. Skelton
Ontario fell away, but Quebec and the Maritime Provinces stood true.
The Canadian Dominion|Oscar D. Skelton
On the outbreak of the Franco-German War in 1870 he was appointed military governor of the maritime provinces.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|Various

She has been the educational center of the Maritime Provinces.
Catastrophe and Social Change|Samuel Henry Prince

British Dictionary definitions for Maritime Provinces

Maritime Provinces

Maritimes

pl n

the Maritime Provinces another name for the Atlantic Provinces of Canada, but often excluding Newfoundland and Labrador

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Cultural definitions for Maritime Provinces

Maritime Provinces

The collective name for the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.