Nouvelle-Écosse

== French == === Alternative forms === Nouvelle-Ecosse (diacritics are not universally used on capital letters) === Etymology === From nouvelle (feminine of nouveau (“new”)) +‎ Écosse (“Scotland”); calque of Latin Nova Scotia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nu.vɛ.l‿e.kɔs/ Rhymes: -ɔs === Proper noun === Nouvelle-Écosse f Nova Scotia (a province in eastern Canada) Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia peninsula (a peninsula on the coast of the Atlantic, comprising most of the province of Nova Scotia; Nova Scotia peninsula) ==== Derived terms ==== NÉ, N.É., N.-É., N-É, NE, N.E., N.-E., N-E (abbreviation)