"Acadia" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /əˈkeɪ.di.ə/ [US]
Rhymes: -eɪdiə Etymology: Two possibilities: * from Italian Arcadia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία (Arkadía, “Arcadia”), a place of rural peace in pastoral poetry * from Mi'kmaq akadie (“fertile land”) Etymology templates: {{der|en|it|Arcadia}} Italian Arcadia, {{der|en|grc|Ἀρκαδία|t=Arcadia}} Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία (Arkadía, “Arcadia”), {{der|en|mic|akadie||fertile land}} Mi'kmaq akadie (“fertile land”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Acadia
  1. (history) A colonial territory owned by France in the 17th and early 18th centuries, spanning over what are now the Maritime provinces of eastern Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island) and part of the state of Maine in the USA. Categories (topical): History
    Sense id: en-Acadia-en-name-0LZniAOe Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
  2. Acadia National Park, a national park in Maine.
    Sense id: en-Acadia-en-name-NramCy2G
  3. A parish in southern Louisiana, first settled by some Acadian exiles then by mostly Franco-Americans: see Acadia Parish. Categories (place): Historical dependent territories
    Sense id: en-Acadia-en-name-gkOX8KiD Disambiguation of Historical dependent territories: 26 18 56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 16 67 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 28 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 16 46 18 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 16 54 15 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 23 25 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 22 56 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 21 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 20 22 58 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 20 26 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 21 25 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 24 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Acadian, Acadia Parish Translations (a French colonial territory in North America): Acàdia [feminine] (Catalan), Acadia (Finnish), Acadie [feminine] (French), Acadia [feminine] (Galician), Akadien [feminine] (German), 아카디아 (akadia) (Korean), Acádia [feminine] (Portuguese)
Disambiguation of 'a French colonial territory in North America': 36 23 41
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