Nouvelle-Écosse

French

Alternative forms

• Nouvelle-Ecosse (diacritics are not universally used on capital letters)

Etymology

From nouvelle (feminine of nouveau (“new”)) +‎ Écosse (“Scotland”); calque of Latin Nova Scotia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu.vɛ.l‿e.kɔs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔs

Proper noun

Nouvelle-Écosse f

1. Nova Scotia (a province in eastern Canada)
2. Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia peninsula (a peninsula on the coast of the Atlantic, comprising most of the province of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia peninsula)

Derived terms

• NÉ, N.É., N.-É., N-É, NE, N.E., N.-E., N-E (abbreviation)