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Definition of Acadian

Acadian
Acadian A*ca"di*an, a. Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia. ``Acadian farmers.' --Longfellow. -- n. A native of Acadie. Acadian epoch (Geol.), an epoch at the beginning of the American paleozoic time, and including the oldest American rocks known to be fossiliferous. See Geology. Acadian owl (Zo["o]l.), a small North American owl (Nyctule Acadica); the saw-whet.

Meaning of Acadian from wikipedia

- The Acadians (French: Acadiens, IPA: [akadjɛ̃]) are the descendants of French colonists who settled in Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries, some...
- The Expulsion of the Acadians, also known as the Great Upheaval, the Great Expulsion, the Great Deportation and Le Grand Dérangement, was the forced removal...
- The Cajuns (/ˈkeɪdʒən/; Louisiana French: les Cadiens), also known as Acadians (Louisiana French: les Acadiens), are an ethnic group mainly living in the...
- Acadians are natives of Acadia, a region of northeastern North America (see also Cajuns and Expulsion of the Acadians). Acadian may also mean: Acadian...
- The Acadians (French: Acadiens) are the descendants of the French settlers, and sometimes the Indigenous peoples, of parts of Acadia (French: Acadie) in...
- the Wabanaki Confederacy and descendants of emigrants from France (i.e., Acadians). The two communities intermarried, which resulted in a significant portion...
- Acadian is a make of automobile produced by General Motors of Canada from 1962 to 1971. The Acadian was introduced so Canadian Pontiac-Buick dealers would...
- The Acadian Peninsula (French: Péninsule acadienne) is situated in the northeastern corner of New Brunswick, Canada, encomp****ing portions of Gloucester...
- The Acadian flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. Adults have olive upperparts, darker on the...
- The Acadian orogeny is a long-lasting mountain building event which began in the Middle Devonian, reaching a climax in the early Late Devonian. It was...
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