English noun: Nova Scotia | |||
1. | Nova Scotia (location) a peninsula in eastern Canada between the Bay of Fundy and the Saint Lawrence River | ||
Instance hypernym | peninsula | ||
Part meronym | Nova Scotia | ||
2. | Nova Scotia (location) 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 | ||
Instance hypernym | Canadian province | ||
Part holonym | Cape Breton Island, Cape Sable, Halifax, Nova Scotia | ||
Part meronym | Canadian Maritime Provinces, Maritime Provinces, Maritimes | ||