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Acadia   Listen
noun
Acadia  n.  
1.
The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.





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"Acadia" Quotes from Famous Books



... authorities consider Longfellow's masterpiece, is connected with another historical event, of a later date, the conquest of Acadia by the English. It is a matter of history that in 1755 the peaceful French farmers of Acadia, without adequate notice or proper regard for family ties, were hurried aboard waiting British vessels and arbitrarily deported to various ports, where they were turned ...
— The Book of the Epic • Helene A. Guerber
... the Bible; yet, of course, they could not do it in Longfellow's poem, if Longfellow did not know the language of the Bible very well. One might not expect to find it so much in "Evangeline," but it is there from beginning to end. In "Acadia," the ...
— The Greatest English Classic A Study of the King James Version of • Cleland Boyd McAfee


Words linked to "Acadia" :   district, Maritimes, Maritime Provinces, territory, dominion, Acadia National Park, territorial dominion, Canadian Maritime Provinces


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