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ACADIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Acadia mean?
• ACADIA (noun)
The noun ACADIA has 1 sense:
1. the French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces
Familiarity information: ACADIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)
Holonyms ("Acadia" is a part of...):
Canadian Maritime Provinces; Maritime Provinces; Maritimes (the collective name for the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island)
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