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Nova Scotia (province) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 45 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 45.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 063 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -63.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Settled originally by Micmacs; first visited by Norse Vikings around 1000 BCE; claimed for England by John Cabot late 15th century; settlers from France arrived 1605; Scottish colonists came after 1621; Treaty of Utrecht gave area to England 1713; French Acadians were deported to Louisiana by British. |
Names: |
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| Nova Scotia (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Nova Scotia (Latin-P,U,N)
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| Nova Scotia, Province of (C,V)
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| Province of Nova Scotia (C,V,English)
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| Nouvelle-Écosse, Province de (C,V)
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| Province de Nouvelle-Écosse (C,V,O,French,U,N)
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| Nouvelle-Écosse (C,V,French)
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| Nouvelle Écosse (C,V,French-P,U,N)
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| Neuschottland (C,O,German-P,U,N)
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| Nueva Escocia (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Nueva Escocia (Asturian)
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| NS (C,V)
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| Nova Scotian (C,V,English,U,A)
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| נובה סקוטיה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| CA07 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Albain Nua (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Alban Nowydh (C,U,Cornish)
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| Alba Nuadh (C,U,Scots Gaelic)
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| Eskozia Berria (C,U,Basque)
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| İskoçyay Newey (C,U,Dimli)
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| Jaunskotija (C,U,Latvian)
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| Nalbin Noa (C,U,Gaelic, indigenous Manx)
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| Naujoji Škotija (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Naujuojė Škuotėjė (C,U,Samogitian)
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| Nei-Schottland (C,U,Pennsylvania German)
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| Neuva Scòssia (C,U,Piemontese)
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| Neuva Scossia (C,U,Ligurian)
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| Nij-Skotlân (C,U,Western Frisian)
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| Nīwe Scotland (C,U,Anglo-Saxon)
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| Noua Scoție (C,U,Romanian)
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| Nova Escòcia (C,U,Catalan)
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| Nòva Escòcia (C,U,Occitan)
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| Nova Escocia (C,U,Galician)
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| Nova Escócia (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Nova Scotia pruwinsya (C,U,Quechuan)
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| Nova Skotia (C,U,Ido)
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| Nova Škotska (C,U,Slovene)
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| Nova Škotska (Bosnian)
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| Nova Škotska (Croatian)
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| Nové Skotsko (C,U,Czech)
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| Nové Škótsko (C,U,Slovak)
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| Nov-Skotio (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Nowa Skotiye Ölkisi (C,U,Uyghur)
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| Nowa Szkocja (C,U,Polish)
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| Nuova Scozia (C,U,Italian)
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| Nýja-Skotland (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Skocia e Re (C,U,Albanian)
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| Skos Nevez (C,U,Breton)
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| Új-Skócia (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Yancuic Escocia (C,U,Nahuatl)
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| Yangi Shotlandiya (C,U,Uzbek)
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| Yeni İskoçya (C,U,Turkish)
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| Yeni Şotlandiya (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| ახალი შოტლანდია (C,U,Mingrelian)
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| ახალი შოტლანდია (Georgian)
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| Нова Шкотска (C,U,Macedonian)
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| Нова Шкотска (Serbian)
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| Нова Скотия (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| Ног Шотланди (C,U,Ossetian/Ossetic)
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| نوا اسکوشیا (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| Νέα Σκωτία (C,U,Greek)
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| نوا سکوٹیا (C,U,Panjabi, Western)
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| 노바스코샤 주 (C,U,Korean)
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| 新斯科舍 (C,U,Chinese)
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| ノバスコシア州 (C,U,Japanese)
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| Нова Скоша (C,U,Mongolian)
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| ܢܘܒܐ ܣܩܘܛܝܐ (C,U,Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE))
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| नोव्हा स्कॉशिया (C,U,Marathi)
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| நோவா ஸ்கோசியா (C,U,Tamil)
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| 諾華斯高沙 (C,U,Chinese, Yue)
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| نوفا سكوشا (C,U,Arabic)
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| รัฐโนวาสโกเชีย (C,U,Thai)
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| Правінцыя Новая Шатландыя (C,U,Belarusian)
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| Նոր Շոտլանդիա (C,U,Armenian)
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| နိုဗာစကိုးရှားပြည်နယ် (C,U,Burmese)
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| ਨੋਵਾ ਸਕੋਸ਼ਾ (C,U,Panjabi, Eastern)
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| נאווע סקאשע (C,U,Yiddish)
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| Шэнэ Шотланд (C,U,Russia Buriat)
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| Новая Шотландия (C,U,Russian)
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| نووا سکوشیا (C,U,Urdu)
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| Нова Шотландія (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| Acadia (H,V)
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............ | Micmac name used by French settlers in 17th cen.; name referred to area with various borders 16th-17th cen. |
| Acadie (H,V)
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Place Types: |
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| province (preferred, C) |
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| first level subdivision (C) |
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| peninsula (C) |
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