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English noun: Nova Scotia

1. Nova Scotia (location) a peninsula in eastern Canada between the Bay of Fundy and the Saint Lawrence River


Instance hypernympeninsula


Part meronymNova 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 hypernymCanadian province


Part holonymCape Breton Island, Cape Sable, Halifax, Nova Scotia


Part meronymCanadian Maritime Provinces, Maritime Provinces, Maritimes









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