(formerly) a French colony in the present-day Atlantic Provinces: ceded to Britain in 1713
French name: Acadie
Acadia in American English
(əˈkeɪdiə)
region & former French colony (1604-1713) on the NE coast of North America, including what are now the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, plus parts of Quebec and parts of Maine
Derived forms
Acadian (Aˈcadian)
adjective, noun
Word origin
Fr Acadia, prob. < Archadia, name given by Verrazano (1524), after Arcadia, place of rural peace