Acadia

== English == === 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”) === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /əˈkeɪ.di.ə/ Rhymes: -eɪdiə === Proper noun === Acadia (historical) A former French colony in North America 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 United States. Acadia National Park, a national park in Maine. A parish in southern Louisiana, first settled by some Acadian exiles then by mostly Franco-Americans: see Acadia Parish. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Adacia == Latin == === Pronunciation === Acadia: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈka.di.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈkaː.di.a] Acadiā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈka.di.aː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈkaː.di.a] === Proper noun === Acadia f sg (genitive Acadiae); first declension (New Latin) (historical) Acadia (a former French colony in North America in modern eastern Canada and the United States) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. === Proper noun === Acadiā f ablative of Acadia