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l'Acadie
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n.
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.
See: Acadia(def. 1)
Quotations
1789
Anno 1604, Henry IV. of France made further discoveries in L'Acadia, now Nova Scotia. . . .
1961
This is your day across the land. The day of the southshore schoonerman, prairie wheatgrower, "l'Acadie" market gardener, "Spud Island" farmer. . . .