释义
[ uh -key -dee-uh ] SHOW IPA
/ əˈkeɪ di ə / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun a former French colony in SE Canada: ceded to Great Britain 1713.
French
A·ca·die [a -ka -dee ]. /a kaˈdi/. Words nearby Acadia Academy Award, Academy Awards, Academy, French, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy, Plato's, Acadia , Acadian, Acadia National Park, Acadian flycatcher, Acadian owl, açaí
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Example sentences from the Web for Acadia On Tuesday, we took the kids to Acadia National Park—about 55 miles from where we were staying.
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As a result of the war Canada and Acadia were both in the possession of England.
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The whole of Acadia on both sides of the isthmus thus passed into English hands.
A Historical Geography of the British Colonies | Charles Prestwood Lucas
He then commissioned one of them to convey to Acadia M. de Villebon, whom he was sending to that province as lieutenant-governor.
Count Frontenac | William Dawson LeSueur
Its unwilling subjects, the French colonists of Acadia , were driven from their homes.
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In a previous chapter have been described the circumstances which led to the colonization of Acadia and New England.
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British Dictionary definitions for Acadia noun the Atlantic Provinces of Canada the French-speaking areas of these provinces (formerly) a French colony in the present-day Atlantic Provinces: ceded to Britain in 1713
French name: Acadie (akadi )
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