Maritimes

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Maritimes - the collective name for the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward IslandCanadian Maritime Provinces, Maritime ProvincesCanada - a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada; "the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world"Acadia - the French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime ProvincesNew Brunswick - a province in southeastern CanadaNova Scotia - 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 CajunsPrince Edward Island - an island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; the smallest province of Canada