English
Etymology
From Latin, literally “New Scotland”, from nova, feminine of novus (“new”) + Scōtia (“Scotland”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nova Scotia
- A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Halifax.
- Holonyms: Maritimes, Maritime provinces
- Meronyms: Nova Scotia peninsula, Cape Breton Island
- A peninsula on the coast of the Atlantic, comprising most of the province of Nova Scotia; Nova Scotia peninsula.
Derived terms
Translations
province in eastern Canada
- Afrikaans: Nova Scotia, Nieu-Skotland
- Arabic: نُوفَا سْكُوتْيَا f (nūfā skūtyā), نوفا سكوشا f (nūfā skūšā), إسكتلندا الجديدة f
- Armenian: Նոր Շոտլանդիա (Nor Šotlandia)
- Basque: Eskozia Berria
- Bulgarian: Но́ва Ско́тия f (Nóva Skótija)
- Catalan: Nova Escòcia f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 諾華斯高沙 / 诺华斯高沙 (nok6 waa4 si1 gou1 saa1), 諾華斯高沙省 / 诺华斯高沙省 (nok6 waa4 si1 gou1 saa1 saang2), 斯高沙 (si1 gou1 saa1), 斯高沙省 (si1 gou1 saa1 saang2), 新斯高沙 (san1 si1 gou1 saa1), 新斯高沙省 (san1 si1 gou1 saa1 saang2)
- Mandarin: 新斯科舍 (zh) (Xīn Sīkēshě), 新斯科舍省 (Xīn Sīkēshě Shěng), 新斯科細亞 / 新斯科细亚 (zh) (Xīn Sīkēxìyà), 新斯科細亞省 / 新斯科细亚省 (Xīn Sīkēxìyà Shěng), 諾華斯高沙 / 诺华斯高沙 (Nuòhuá Sīgāoshā), 諾華斯高沙省 / 诺华斯高沙省 (Nuòhuá Sīgāoshā Shěng), 斯高沙 (Sīgāoshā), 斯高沙省 (Sīgāoshā Shěng), 新斯高沙 (Xīn Sīgāoshā), 新斯高沙省 (Xīn Sīgāoshā Shěng)
- Corsican: Nova Scozia f
- Czech: Nové Skotsko (cs) n
- Danish: Nova Scotia
- Dutch: Nova Scotia, Nieuw-Schotland n
- Esperanto: Nov-Skotio
- Estonian: Nova Scotia
- Finnish: Nova Scotia (fi)
- French: Nouvelle-Écosse (fr) f
- Galician: Nova Escocia (gl) f
- Georgian: ახალი შოტლანდია (axali šoṭlandia)
- German: Neuschottland (de) n, Nova Scotia (de) n
- Greek: Νέα Σκωτία f (Néa Skotía)
- Hindi: नोवा स्कॉटिया (novā skŏṭiyā)
- Hungarian: Új-Skócia (hu)
- Icelandic: Nýja-Skotland n
- Inuktitut: ᓅᕙᓯᑰᓴ (noofasikoosa)
- Irish: Albain Nua f
- Italian: Nuova Scozia (it) f
- Japanese: ノバスコシア (Nobasukoshia), ノバスコシア州 (Nobasukoshia-shū)
- Khmer: ណូវ៉ាស្កូស៊ី (nouvaa skousii)
- Korean: 노바스코샤 (Nobaseukosya)
- Latin: Nova Scōtia f
- Latvian: Jaunskotija f
- Lithuanian: Naujoji Škotija f
- Macedonian: Нова Шкотска f (Nova Škotska)
- Manx: Nalbin Noa f, Yn Albin Noa f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Nova Scotia
- Occitan: Nòva Escòcia f
- Ottawa: Miijmaawki
- Polish: Nowa Szkocja (pl) f
- Portuguese: Nova Escócia (pt) f
- Romanian: Noua Scoție f
- Russian: Но́вая Шотла́ндия (ru) f (Nóvaja Šotlándija)
- Scots: Nova Scotia
- Scottish Gaelic: Alba Nuadh f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Нова Шкотска f
- Roman: Nova Škotska f
- Slovak: Nové Škótsko n
- Slovene: Nova Škotska (sl) f
- Spanish: Nueva Escocia f
- Swedish: Nova Scotia (sv)
- Ukrainian: Нова Шотландія f (Nova Šotlandija)
- Vietnamese: Nô-va Xcô-ti-a
- Volapük: Nula-Skotän (vo)
- Welsh: Nova Scotia m or f, yr Alban Newydd f
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Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
< English Nova Scotia
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnoʋɑ ˈskou̯ʃɑ/, [ˈno̞ʋɑ̝ ˈs̠ko̞u̯ʃɑ̝]
Proper noun
Nova Scotia
- Nova Scotia (a province in eastern Canada)
Declension
| Inflection of Nova Scotia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
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| nominative
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Nova Scotia
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| genitive
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Nova Scotian
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| partitive
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Nova Scotiaa
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| illative
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Nova Scotiaan
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Nova Scotia
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Nova Scotia
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—
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| gen.
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Nova Scotian
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| genitive
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Nova Scotian
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| partitive
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Nova Scotiaa
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| inessive
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Nova Scotiassa
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| elative
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Nova Scotiasta
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| illative
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Nova Scotiaan
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| adessive
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Nova Scotialla
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| ablative
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Nova Scotialta
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| allative
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Nova Scotialle
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| essive
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Nova Scotiana
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| translative
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Nova Scotiaksi
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| abessive
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Nova Scotiatta
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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See the possessive forms below.
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| first-person singular possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Nova Scotiani
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| accusative
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nom.
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Nova Scotiani
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| gen.
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Nova Scotiani
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| genitive
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Nova Scotiani
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| partitive
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Nova Scotiaani
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| inessive
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Nova Scotiassani
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| elative
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Nova Scotiastani
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| illative
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Nova Scotiaani
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| adessive
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Nova Scotiallani
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| ablative
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Nova Scotialtani
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| allative
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Nova Scotialleni
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| essive
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Nova Scotianani
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—
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| translative
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Nova Scotiakseni
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| abessive
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Nova Scotiattani
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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—
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| second-person singular possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Nova Scotiasi
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| accusative
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nom.
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Nova Scotiasi
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| gen.
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Nova Scotiasi
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| genitive
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Nova Scotiasi
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| partitive
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Nova Scotiaasi
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| inessive
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Nova Scotiassasi
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| elative
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Nova Scotiastasi
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| illative
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Nova Scotiaasi
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| adessive
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Nova Scotiallasi
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| ablative
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Nova Scotialtasi
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| allative
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Nova Scotiallesi
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| essive
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Nova Scotianasi
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| translative
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Nova Scotiaksesi
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—
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| abessive
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Nova Scotiattasi
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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—
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| first-person plural possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Nova Scotiamme
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Nova Scotiamme
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—
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| gen.
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Nova Scotiamme
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| genitive
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Nova Scotiamme
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| partitive
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Nova Scotiaamme
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| inessive
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Nova Scotiassamme
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| elative
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Nova Scotiastamme
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Nova Scotiaamme
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| adessive
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Nova Scotiallamme
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Nova Scotialtamme
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| allative
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Nova Scotiallemme
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| essive
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Nova Scotianamme
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| translative
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Nova Scotiaksemme
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| abessive
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Nova Scotiattamme
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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—
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| second-person plural possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Nova Scotianne
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—
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nom.
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Nova Scotianne
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—
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| gen.
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Nova Scotianne
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| genitive
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Nova Scotianne
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—
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| partitive
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Nova Scotiaanne
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—
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| inessive
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Nova Scotiassanne
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—
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| elative
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Nova Scotiastanne
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—
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| illative
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Nova Scotiaanne
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—
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| adessive
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Nova Scotiallanne
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—
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| ablative
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Nova Scotialtanne
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—
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| allative
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Nova Scotiallenne
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| essive
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Nova Scotiananne
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—
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| translative
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Nova Scotiaksenne
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—
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| abessive
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Nova Scotiattanne
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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| third-person possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Nova Scotiansa
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| accusative
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nom.
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Nova Scotiansa
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—
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| gen.
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Nova Scotiansa
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| genitive
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Nova Scotiansa
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| partitive
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Nova Scotiaansa
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| inessive
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Nova Scotiassaan
Nova Scotiassansa
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—
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| elative
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Nova Scotiastaan
Nova Scotiastansa
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—
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| illative
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Nova Scotiaansa
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—
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| adessive
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Nova Scotiallaan
Nova Scotiallansa
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—
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| ablative
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Nova Scotialtaan
Nova Scotialtansa
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—
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| allative
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Nova Scotialleen
Nova Scotiallensa
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—
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| essive
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Nova Scotianaan
Nova Scotianansa
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—
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| translative
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Nova Scotiakseen
Nova Scotiaksensa
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—
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| abessive
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Nova Scotiattaan
Nova Scotiattansa
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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Derived terms
Latin
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nova Scōtia f sg (genitive Novae Scōtiae); first declension
- (New Latin) Nova Scotia (a province in eastern Canada)
Declension
First-declension adjective with a first-declension noun, with locative, singular only.