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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 Provincesplay

  Familiarity information: ACADIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ACADIA (noun)


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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