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acadia

/ə'keɪdiə/

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noun
the French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces
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maritime provinces canadian maritime provinces maritimes

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cajun a Louisianian descended from Acadian immigrants from Nova Scotia (`Cajun' comes from `Acadian')
lafayette a town in south central Louisiana; settled by Acadians
nova scotia the Canadian province in the Maritimes consisting of the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island; French settlers who called the area Acadia were exiled to Louisiana by the British in the 1750s and their descendants are know as Cajuns