Acadia

Two possibilities:

• from Italian Arcadia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία (Arkadía, “Arcadia”), a place of rural peace in pastoral poetry
• from Mi'kmaq akadie (“fertile land”)

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈkeɪ.di.ə/
• Rhymes: -eɪdiə

Acadia

1. (history) A colonial territory owned by France in the 17th and early 18th centuries, spanning over what are now the Maritime provinces of eastern Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island) and part of the state of Maine in the USA.
2. Acadia National Park, a national park in Maine
3. A parish in southern Louisiana, first settled by some Acadian exiles then by mostly Franco-Americans: see Acadia Parish.

• Acadian
• Acadia Parish

• Adacia

• Acadia: (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈka.di.a/, [äˈkäd̪iä]
• Acadia: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈka.di.a/, [äˈkäːd̪iä]
• Acadiā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈka.di.aː/, [äˈkäd̪iäː]
• Acadiā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈka.di.a/, [äˈkäːd̪iä]

Acadia f sg (genitive Acadiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Acadia

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Acadiā f

1. ablative of Acadia