Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia
geographical name province SE Canada comprising a peninsula (375 miles or 600 kilometers long) & Cape Breton Island capital Halifax area 20,402 square miles (52,840 square kilometers), population 942,691 — see AcadiaNova Scotian adjective or noun

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • NOVA Scotia — Gallis la Nouvelle Escosse, pars Novae Franciae, quae iam, secundum Horn. dicitur Nova Britannia, Scotos colonos habet. Vide eum Orb. Polit. Part. 4. p. 77 …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Nova Scotia — [nō′və skō′shə] [ModL, New Scotland] province of SE Canada, consisting of a peninsula on the Atlantic, & Cape Breton Island: 21,425 sq mi (55,491 sq km); pop. 909,000; cap. Halifax: abbrev. NS Nova Scotian adj., n …   English World dictionary

  • Nova Scotia — Nova Scotia, so v.w. Neu Schottland …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Nova Scotĭa — Nova Scotĭa, s. Neuschottland …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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