Nouvelle-Écosse

French

Alternative forms

  • Nouvelle-Ecosse (diacritics are not universally used on capital letters)

Etymology

From nouvelle (feminine of nouveau (“new”)) +‎ Écosse (“Scotland”); calque of Latin Nova Scotia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nu.vɛ.l‿e.kɔs/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔs

Proper noun

Nouvelle-Écosse f

  1. Nova Scotia (a province in eastern Canada)
  2. Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia peninsula (a peninsula on the coast of the Atlantic, comprising most of the province of Nova Scotia; Nova Scotia peninsula)

Derived terms

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