WordWeb Online

1. 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
    
2. A peninsula in eastern Canada between the Bay of Fundy and the Saint Lawrence River

Type of: Canadian province, peninsula

Part of: Canadian Maritime Provinces, Maritime Provinces, Maritimes

Encyclopedia: Nova Scotia, Bristol Nova Scotia Nova Scotia, history Nova Scotia, Canada