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1. A peninsula in eastern Canada between the Bay of Fundy and the Saint Lawrence River
    
2. 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

Type of: Canadian province, peninsula

Part of: Canadian Maritime Provinces, Maritime Provinces, Maritimes, The Maritimes

Encyclopedia: Nova Scotia, history