Nova Scotia

[ noh-vuh skoh-shuh ]

noun

1. a peninsula and province in SE Canada: once a part of the French province of Acadia. 21,068 sq. mi. (54,565 sq. km). : Halifax.
2. Informal. Nova Scotia salmon.

Nova Scotia

/ ˈnəʊvə ˈskəʊʃə /

noun

1. a peninsula in E Canada, between the Gulf of St Lawrence and the Bay of Fundy
2. a province of E Canada, consisting of the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island: first settled by the French as Acadia. Capital: Halifax. Pop: 936 960 (2004 est). Area: 52 841 sq km (20 402 sq miles)

Nova Scotia

1. Province in eastern Canada , including a peninsula to the east of New Brunswick and Cape Breton Island, as well as several smaller adjacent islands. With New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island , Nova Scotia makes up the Maritime Provinces . Halifax is its capital and largest city.

Notes

French settlers, who called the area Acadia, were expelled by the British in the 1750s. Many of the exiled Acadians settled in Louisiana and became the ancestors of today's Cajuns.

Other Words From

• Nova Scotian adjective noun

Example Sentences

The company behind a proposed spaceport in Canso, Nova Scotia, has secured financing it says will allow it to begin construction on the facility this fall and get its first launch off the ground in 2022.

From Ars Technica

So within ancestral memory, for instance, my father, who was born in 1906, grew up in rural Nova Scotia, where there were people who had come after escaping slavery.

From Time

Hal Whitehead, a biologist at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, has spent decades following sperm whales around on boats, trying to figure out their intricate social structures.

From Popular-Science

In 2019, Page made a documentary called There’s Something in the Water, which explores environmental hardships experienced by communities of color in Nova Scotia, with $350,000 of his own money.

From Time

CATL hasn’t revealed details about the technology behind the extra-long-lasting batteries, but it’s likely they involve some of the measures described last year by a research team at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada.

From Singularity Hub 

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia—It's amazing what some fresh Nova Scotia air can do.

From The Daily Beast

The couple will visit Pictou County for an event to celebrate Celtic heritage in Nova Scotia.

From The Daily Beast

On Thursday, Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter said he had ordered four government departments to investigate Rehtaeh's death.

From The Daily Beast

Take Stacie, a stay-at-home mom in Nova Scotia, Canada, who's struggled with sex-related pain for years.

From The Daily Beast

September 1998: Swissair 111 crashes near Nova Scotia with 229 on board.

From The Daily Beast

On that fatal day in August on which war broke out we were in Nova Scotia.

From Project Gutenberg

The citizens of Halifax, Nova Scotia, celebrated the 108th anniversary of the settlement of that place.

From Project Gutenberg

A large number of loyalists were now leaving the States and settling in Nova Scotia.

From Project Gutenberg

They call the potatoes ‘Bluenoses’ just as they call the Nova Scotia folks.

From Project Gutenberg

He came from Nova Scotia, too, and called himself a typical Bluenose.

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