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nova scotian

British  
/ ˈnəʊvə ˈskəʊʃən /

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to Nova Scotia or its inhabitants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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So as I watched canary-yellow Canadian Super Scooper planes roar into Los Angeles to help douse the ungovernable firestorms threatening my home, my grieving Nova Scotian heart soared: reciprocity between old friends.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

Think “Ruthless” but skewed younger and set at a Nova Scotian lighthouse.

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2023

The Nova Scotian company raises Atlantic salmon in a process that attempts to mirror their life cycle in the wild.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2023

One experiment took them to the choppy Nova Scotian seas.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2021

More important than even these excellent results is the fact that the modified program worked out by these Nova Scotian entomologists is not doing violence to nature’s balance.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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