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Acadia

[ uh-key-dee-uh ]

noun

  1. a former French colony in SE Canada: ceded to Great Britain 1713.


Acadia

/ əˈɪɪə /

noun

    1. the Atlantic Provinces of Canada
    2. the French-speaking areas of these provinces
  1. (formerly) a French colony in the present-day Atlantic Provinces: ceded to Britain in 1713
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Born in 1930, Irving attended Nova Scotia’s Acadia University before leaving to join Irving Oil in 1951, where he worked with his father and his two brothers.

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Acadia National Park in Maine has watched its numbers more than double over the past decade.

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And so I tried to change my conversation to, listen, yeah, this was not done well by Acadia as far as neighborhood reach-out and everything, and community outreach.

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In Maine’s Acadia National Park, scientists have noted a possible link between warm nights in September and delayed fall colors.

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It’s wedding season at Acadia National Park in Maine, and Tabitha Brown can barely keep up with the demand for her “luxury picnics” — champagne and charcuterie served seaside.

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