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Definition of Nova Scotia
1. Noun. A peninsula in eastern Canada between the Bay of Fundy and the Saint Lawrence River.
2. Noun. The Canadian province in the Maritimes consisting of the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island; French settlers who called the area Acadia were exiled to Louisiana by the British in the 1750s and their descendants are know as Cajuns.
Generic synonyms: Canadian Province
Terms within: Cape Breton Island, Halifax, Cape Sable
Definition of Nova Scotia
1. Proper noun. A province in eastern Canada, capital Halifax. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Nova Scotia
1. A province of eastern canada, one of the maritime provinces with new brunswick, prince edward island, and sometimes newfoundland. Its capital is halifax. The territory was granted in 1621 by james I to the scotsman sir william alexander and was called nova scotia, the latin for new scotland. The territory had earlier belonged to the french, under the name of acadia. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nova Scotia
Literary usage of Nova Scotia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Historical Review by American Historical Association (1905)
"Yet writers dealing with the period frequently assume that Nova Scotia was from
... The attitude of Nova Scotia during the contest has therefore more than a ..."
2. Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution: With an by Lorenzo Sabine (1864)
"DAVID, accompanied by his family of three persons, went from New York to Shelburne,
Nova Scotia, in 1783. Of Georgia. JOSEPH, attainted, and property ..."
3. Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the Canadian Forestry Association by Canadian Forestry Association (1900)
"The quantity of land available for lumbering purposes in Nova Scotia has never been,
... The larger number of the large lumbering concerns of Nova Scotia, ..."
4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"In 1910 the 3rd edition of the AOU 'Check-List' said of the Willet: "Breeds from
Virginia (formerly Nova Scotia) south to Florida and the Bahamas. ..."
5. Report by Public Archives of Canada (1893)
"26 Remonstrance by Massachusetts against the surrender of Nova Scotia for St.
Christophers; the value of the latter bears no proportion to that of the ..."
6. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1830)
"An Historical and Statistical Account of Nova- Scotia, in two Volumes, illustrated
by a Map of the Province, and several Engravings. ..."
7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"After the accession of Charles II, by the Treaty of Breda, Nova Scotia was again
restored to France. In 1690 Sir William Phips took command of a naval force ..."
8. History of New England by John Gorham Palfrey, Francis Winthrop Palfrey (1890)
"When Nova Scotia is lost, the French may be looked upon to be in the end masters
... Nova Scotia was fertile and productive.1 The possession of Nova Scotia ..."
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