Nova Scotia

English

Etymology

From Latin, literally “New Scotland”, from nova, feminine of novus (“new”) + Scōtia (“Scotland”).

Pronunciation

• (Canada, General American) IPA^(key): /ˌnoʊ.və ˈskoʊ.ʃə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌnəʊ.və ˈskəʊ.ʃə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Nova Scotia

2. A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Halifax.

   Holonyms: Maritimes, Maritime provinces

   Meronyms: Nova Scotia peninsula, Cape Breton Island

4. A peninsula on the coast of the Atlantic, comprising most of the province of Nova Scotia; Nova Scotia peninsula.

Derived terms

• Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
• Nova Scotia peninsula
• Nova Scotia salmon
• Nova Scotian
• NS, N.S., N. S. (abbreviation)

Translations

province in eastern Canada

• Afrikaans: Nova Scotia, Nieu-Skotland
• Arabic: نُوفَا سْكُوتْيَا f (nūfā skūtyā), نوفا سكوشا f (nūfā skūšā), إسكتلندا الجديدة f
• Armenian: Նոր Շոտլանդիա (Nor Šotlandia)
• Basque: Eskozia Berria
• Bulgarian: Но́ва Ско́тия f (Nóva Skótija)
• Catalan: Nova Escòcia f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 諾華斯高沙 / 诺华斯高沙 (nok⁶ waa⁴ si¹ gou¹ saa¹), 諾華斯高沙省 / 诺华斯高沙省 (nok⁶ waa⁴ si¹ gou¹ saa¹ saang²), 斯高沙 (si¹ gou¹ saa¹), 斯高沙省 (si¹ gou¹ saa¹ saang²), 新斯高沙 (san¹ si¹ gou¹ saa¹), 新斯高沙省 (san¹ si¹ gou¹ saa¹ saang²)

  Mandarin: 新斯科舍 (zh) (Xīn Sīkēshě), 新斯科舍省 (Xīn Sīkēshě Shěng), 新斯科細亞 / 新斯科细亚 (zh) (Xīn Sīkēxìyà), 新斯科細亞省 / 新斯科细亚省 (Xīn Sīkēxìyà Shěng), 諾華斯高沙 / 诺华斯高沙 (Nuòhuá Sīgāoshā), 諾華斯高沙省 / 诺华斯高沙省 (Nuòhuá Sīgāoshā Shěng), 斯高沙 (Sīgāoshā), 斯高沙省 (Sīgāoshā Shěng), 新斯高沙 (Xīn Sīgāoshā), 新斯高沙省 (Xīn Sīgāoshā Shěng)

• Corsican: Nova Scozia f
• Czech: Nové Skotsko (cs) n
• Danish: Nova Scotia
• Dutch: Nova Scotia, Nieuw-Schotland n
• Esperanto: Nov-Skotio
• Estonian: Nova Scotia
• Finnish: Nova Scotia (fi)
• French: Nouvelle-Écosse (fr) f
• Galician: Nova Escocia (gl) f
• Georgian: ახალი შოტლანდია (axali šoṭlandia)
• German: Neuschottland (de) n, Nova Scotia (de) n
• Greek: Νέα Σκωτία f (Néa Skotía)
• Hindi: नोवा स्कॉटिया (novā skŏṭiyā)
• Hungarian: Új-Skócia (hu)
• Icelandic: Nýja-Skotland n
• Inuktitut: ᓅᕙᓯᑰᓴ (noofasikoosa)
• Irish: Albain Nua f
• Italian: Nuova Scozia (it) f
• Japanese: ノバスコシア (Nobasukoshia), ノバスコシア州 (Nobasukoshia-shū)
• Khmer: ណូវ៉ាស្កូស៊ី (nouvaa skousii)
• Korean: 노바스코샤 (Nobaseukosya)
• Latin: Nova Scōtia f
• Latvian: Jaunskotija f
• Lithuanian: Naujoji Škotija f
• Macedonian: Нова Шкотска f (Nova Škotska)
• Manx: Nalbin Noa f, Yn Albin Noa f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Nova Scotia

• Occitan: Nòva Escòcia f
• Ottawa: Miijmaawki
• Polish: Nowa Szkocja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Nova Escócia (pt) f
• Romanian: Noua Scoție f
• Russian: Но́вая Шотла́ндия (ru) f (Nóvaja Šotlándija)
• Scots: Nova Scotia
• Scottish Gaelic: Alba Nuadh f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Нова Шкотска f

  Roman: Nova Škotska f

• Slovak: Nové Škótsko n
• Slovene: Nova Škotska (sl) f
• Spanish: Nueva Escocia f
• Swedish: Nova Scotia (sv)
• Ukrainian: Нова Шотландія f (Nova Šotlandija)
• Vietnamese: Nô-va Xcô-ti-a
• Volapük: Nula-Skotän (vo)
• Welsh: Nova Scotia m or f, yr Alban Newydd f

Anagrams

• avocations

Finnish

Etymology

< English Nova Scotia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoʋɑ ˈskou̯ʃɑ/, [ˈno̞ʋɑ̝ ˈs̠ko̞u̯ʃɑ̝]

Proper noun

Nova Scotia

1. Nova Scotia (a province in eastern Canada)

Declension

Inflection of Nova Scotia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Nova Scotia	—
genitive		Nova Scotian	—
partitive		Nova Scotiaa	—
illative		Nova Scotiaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Nova Scotia	—
accusative	nom.	Nova Scotia	—
	gen.	Nova Scotian
genitive		Nova Scotian	—
partitive		Nova Scotiaa	—
inessive		Nova Scotiassa	—
elative		Nova Scotiasta	—
illative		Nova Scotiaan	—
adessive		Nova Scotialla	—
ablative		Nova Scotialta	—
allative		Nova Scotialle	—
essive		Nova Scotiana	—
translative		Nova Scotiaksi	—
abessive		Nova Scotiatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Nova Scotia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Nova Scotiani — accusative nom. Nova Scotiani — gen. Nova Scotiani genitive Nova Scotiani — partitive Nova Scotiaani — inessive Nova Scotiassani — elative Nova Scotiastani — illative Nova Scotiaani — adessive Nova Scotiallani — ablative Nova Scotialtani — allative Nova Scotialleni — essive Nova Scotianani — translative Nova Scotiakseni — abessive Nova Scotiattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Nova Scotiasi — accusative nom. Nova Scotiasi — gen. Nova Scotiasi genitive Nova Scotiasi — partitive Nova Scotiaasi — inessive Nova Scotiassasi — elative Nova Scotiastasi — illative Nova Scotiaasi — adessive Nova Scotiallasi — ablative Nova Scotialtasi — allative Nova Scotiallesi — essive Nova Scotianasi — translative Nova Scotiaksesi — abessive Nova Scotiattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Nova Scotiamme — accusative nom. Nova Scotiamme — gen. Nova Scotiamme genitive Nova Scotiamme — partitive Nova Scotiaamme — inessive Nova Scotiassamme — elative Nova Scotiastamme — illative Nova Scotiaamme — adessive Nova Scotiallamme — ablative Nova Scotialtamme — allative Nova Scotiallemme — essive Nova Scotianamme — translative Nova Scotiaksemme — abessive Nova Scotiattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Nova Scotianne — accusative nom. Nova Scotianne — gen. Nova Scotianne genitive Nova Scotianne — partitive Nova Scotiaanne — inessive Nova Scotiassanne — elative Nova Scotiastanne — illative Nova Scotiaanne — adessive Nova Scotiallanne — ablative Nova Scotialtanne — allative Nova Scotiallenne — essive Nova Scotiananne — translative Nova Scotiaksenne — abessive Nova Scotiattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Nova Scotiansa — accusative nom. Nova Scotiansa — gen. Nova Scotiansa genitive Nova Scotiansa — partitive Nova Scotiaansa — inessive Nova Scotiassaan Nova Scotiassansa — elative Nova Scotiastaan Nova Scotiastansa — illative Nova Scotiaansa — adessive Nova Scotiallaan Nova Scotiallansa — ablative Nova Scotialtaan Nova Scotialtansa — allative Nova Scotialleen Nova Scotiallensa — essive Nova Scotianaan Nova Scotianansa — translative Nova Scotiakseen Nova Scotiaksensa — abessive Nova Scotiattaan Nova Scotiattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

compounds

• novascotiannoutaja

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔ.wa ˈskoː.ti.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔː.va ˈskɔt.t͡si.a]

Proper noun

Nova Scōtia f sg (genitive Novae Scōtiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Nova Scotia (a province in eastern Canada)

Declension

First-declension adjective with a first-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Nova Scōtia
genitive	Novae Scōtiae
dative	Novae Scōtiae
accusative	Novam Scōtiam
ablative	Novā Scōtiā
vocative	Nova Scōtia
locative	Novae Scōtiae