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Acadia
[see 1963 quote (def. 1)]
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1n. — Hist.
a former French colony on the Atlantic coast of N. America, which included the present Maritime Provinces and adjacent parts of Quebec and New England.
Quotations
1684
Wee arrived at Accadia the 26th of november, 1682, and there winter'd.
1963
France had named its Maritimes possessions Acadia, probably after the Greek Arcadia, a one-time "land of happiness."
2n. — Hist.
the Maritime Provinces.
Quotations
1864
The man in any of the Colonies who has a single objection to offer to a Legislative union of Acadia has as yet failed to state it.
1899
Bertrand is another name contained in the census of 1671 which has practically disappeared from Acadia.
3n.
the areas of French settlement and culture in the Maritime Provinces.
Quotations
1963
The creation of the FRENCH University of Moncton deserves to be underlined as a new step in the cultural emancipation of Acadia
4n.
a name for a proposed province to be formed through union of the present Maritime Provinces.
Quotations
1964
... several names have already been suggested [for the new Maritime province], including Maritopia, Atlantica, Atlanta, Acadia and even New England.