"Nova Scotia" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˌnoʊ.və ˈskoʊ.ʃə/ [Canada, General-American], /ˌnəʊ.və ˈskəʊ.ʃə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Nova Scotia.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Latin, literally “New Scotland”, from nova, feminine of novus (“new”) + Scōtia (“Scotland”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|nova}} nova, {{m|la|novus||new}} novus (“new”), {{m|la|Scōtia||Scotland}} Scōtia (“Scotland”)
  1. A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Halifax. Categories (place): Nova Scotia, Places in Canada, Provinces of Canada Translations (province in eastern Canada): Nova Scotia (Afrikaans), Nieu-Skotland (Afrikaans), نُوفَا سْكُوتْيَا (nūfā skūtyā) [feminine] (Arabic), نوفا سكوشا (nūfā skūšā) [feminine] (Arabic), إسكتلندا الجديدة [feminine] (Arabic), Նոր Շոտլանդիա (Nor Šotlandia) (Armenian), Eskozia Berria (Basque), Нова Скотия (english: Nova Skotija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Nova Escòcia [feminine] (Catalan), 諾華斯高沙 (Chinese Cantonese), 诺华斯高沙 (nok⁶ waa⁴ si¹ gou¹ saa¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 諾華斯高沙省 (Chinese Cantonese), 诺华斯高沙省 (nok⁶ waa⁴ si¹ gou¹ saa¹ saang²) (Chinese Cantonese), 斯高沙 (si¹ gou¹ saa¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 斯高沙省 (si¹ gou¹ saa¹ saang²) (Chinese Cantonese), 新斯高沙 (san¹ si¹ gou¹ saa¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 新斯高沙省 (san¹ si¹ gou¹ saa¹ saang²) (Chinese Cantonese), 新斯科舍 (Xīn Sīkēshě) (Chinese Mandarin), 新斯科舍省 (Xīn Sīkēshě Shěng) (Chinese Mandarin), 新斯科細亞 (Chinese Mandarin), 新斯科细亚 (Xīn Sīkēxìyà) (Chinese Mandarin), 新斯科細亞省 (Chinese Mandarin), 新斯科细亚省 (Xīn Sīkēxìyà Shěng) (Chinese Mandarin), 諾華斯高沙 (Chinese Mandarin), 诺华斯高沙 (Nuòhuá Sīgāoshā) (Chinese Mandarin), 諾華斯高沙省 (Chinese Mandarin), 诺华斯高沙省 (Nuòhuá Sīgāoshā Shěng) (Chinese Mandarin), 斯高沙 (Sīgāoshā) (Chinese Mandarin), 斯高沙省 (Sīgāoshā Shěng) (Chinese Mandarin), 新斯高沙 (Xīn Sīgāoshā) (Chinese Mandarin), 新斯高沙省 (Xīn Sīgāoshā Shěng) (Chinese Mandarin), Nova Scozia [feminine] (Corsican), Nové Skotsko [neuter] (Czech), Nova Scotia (Danish), Nova Scotia (Dutch), Nieuw-Schotland [neuter] (Dutch), Nov-Skotio (Esperanto), Nova Scotia (Estonian), Nova Scotia (Finnish), Nouvelle-Écosse [feminine] (French), Nova Escocia [feminine] (Galician), ახალი შოტლანდია (axali šoṭlandia) (Georgian), Neuschottland [neuter] (German), Nova Scotia [neuter] (German), Νέα Σκωτία (Néa Skotía) [feminine] (Greek), नोवा स्कॉटिया (novā skŏṭiyā) (Hindi), Új-Skócia (Hungarian), Nýja-Skotland [neuter] (Icelandic), ᓅᕙᓯᑰᓴ (noofasikoosa) (Inuktitut), Albain Nua [feminine] (Irish), Nuova Scozia [feminine] (Italian), ノバスコシア (Nobasukoshia) (Japanese), ノバスコシア州 (Nobasukoshia-shū) (Japanese), ណូវ៉ាស្កូស៊ី (nouvaa skousii) (Khmer), 노바스코샤 (Nobaseukosya) (Korean), Nova Scōtia [feminine] (Latin), Jaunskotija [feminine] (Latvian), Naujoji Škotija [feminine] (Lithuanian), Нова Шкотска (Nova Škotska) [feminine] (Macedonian), Nalbin Noa [feminine] (Manx), Yn Albin Noa [feminine] (Manx), Nova Scotia (Norwegian Bokmål), Nòva Escòcia [feminine] (Occitan), Miijmaawki (Ottawa), Nowa Szkocja [feminine] (Polish), Nova Escócia [feminine] (Portuguese), Noua Scoție [feminine] (Romanian), Но́вая Шотла́ндия (Nóvaja Šotlándija) [feminine] (Russian), Nova Scotia (Scots), Alba Nuadh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), Нова Шкотска [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Nova Škotska [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Nové Škótsko [neuter] (Slovak), Nova Škotska [feminine] (Slovene), Nueva Escocia [feminine] (Spanish), Nova Scotia (Swedish), Нова Шотландія (Nova Šotlandija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Nô-va Xcô-ti-a (Vietnamese), Nula-Skotän (Volapük), Nova Scotia [feminine, masculine] (Welsh), yr Alban Newydd [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Nova_Scotia-en-name-XW~ocSNP Disambiguation of 'province in eastern Canada': 93 7
  2. A peninsula on the coast of the Atlantic, comprising most of the province of Nova Scotia; Nova Scotia peninsula. Categories (place): Peninsulas Derived forms: Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, Nova Scotian, NS, N.S., N. S. [abbreviation]
    Sense id: en-Nova_Scotia-en-name-p5-5OJ0P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88

Alternative forms

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      "word": "Նոր Շոտլանդիա"
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      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Nova Escòcia"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "word": "諾華斯高沙"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "word": "诺华斯高沙"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "word": "諾華斯高沙省"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "word": "诺华斯高沙省"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "Nova Scotia"
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      "word": "Nova Scotia"
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      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Nova Escocia"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "axali šoṭlandia",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "word": "ახალი შოტლანდია"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Neuschottland"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Νέα Σκωτία"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "novā skŏṭiyā",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "word": "नोवा स्कॉटिया"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "word": "Új-Skócia"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Nýja-Skotland"
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      "code": "iu",
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      "roman": "noofasikoosa",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "word": "ᓅᕙᓯᑰᓴ"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Albain Nua"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nuova Scozia"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "Nobasukoshia",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "word": "ノバスコシア"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "word": "ノバスコシア州"
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      "code": "km",
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      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "word": "ណូវ៉ាស្កូស៊ី"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Nobaseukosya",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "word": "노바스코샤"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Nova Scōtia"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Jaunskotija"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "gv",
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      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Nalbin Noa"
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    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Yn Albin Noa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "word": "Nova Scotia"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nòva Escòcia"
    },
    {
      "code": "otw",
      "lang": "Ottawa",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "word": "Miijmaawki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nowa Szkocja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nova Escócia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Noua Scoție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Nóvaja Šotlándija",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Но́вая Шотла́ндия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "word": "Nova Scotia"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Alba Nuadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Нова Шкотска"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nova Škotska"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Nové Škótsko"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nova Škotska"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nueva Escocia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "word": "Nova Scotia"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Nova Šotlandija",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Нова Шотландія"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "word": "Nô-va Xcô-ti-a"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "word": "Nula-Skotän"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Nova Scotia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "province in eastern Canada",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "yr Alban Newydd"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nova Scotia"
  ],
  "word": "Nova Scotia"
}

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