Nova Scotia

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnoʊ.və ˈskoʊ.ʃə/
• IPA^(key): /ˌnəʊ.və ˈskəʊ.ʃə/

Proper noun

Nova Scotia

1. A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Halifax.
2. The peninsula that makes up most of the province.

Derived terms

• Nova Scotian
• NS, N.S., N. S. (abbreviation)

Translations

province in eastern Canada

• Arabic: نُوفَا سْكُوتْيَا f (nūfā skūtyā)
• Armenian: Նոր Շոտլանդիա (Nor Šotlandia)
• Basque: Eskozia Berria
• Bulgarian: Нова Скотия f (Nova Skotija)
• Catalan: Nova Escòcia f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 諾華斯高沙／诺华斯高沙 (nok⁶ waa⁴ si¹ gou¹ saa¹), 诺华斯高沙 (nok⁶ waa⁴ si¹ gou¹ saa¹), 諾華斯高沙省／诺华斯高沙省, 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 (Xīn Sīkēxìyà), 新斯科细亚 (Xīn Sīkēxìyà), 新斯科細亞省／新斯科细亚省, 新斯科细亚省 (Xīn Sīkēxìyà Shěng), 諾華斯高沙／诺华斯高沙 (Nuòhuá Sīgāoshā), 诺华斯高沙 (Nuòhuá Sīgāoshā), 諾華斯高沙省／诺华斯高沙省, 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)

• Czech: Nové Skotsko (cs) n
• Danish: Nova Scotia
• Dutch: Nova Scotia, Nieuw-Schotland
• Esperanto: Nov-Skotio
• Estonian: Nova Scotia
• Finnish: Nova Scotia (fi)
• French: Nouvelle-Écosse (fr) f
• Georgian: ახალი შოტლანდია (axali šoṭlandia)
• German: Neuschottland (de) n, Nova Scotia (de) n
• Greek: Νέα Σκωτία f (Néa Skotía)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: Új-Skócia (hu)
• Icelandic: Nýja-Skotland n
• Inuktitut: ᓅᕙᓯᑰᓴ (noofasikoosa)
• Irish: Albain Nua f
• Italian: Nuova Scozia (it) f
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• Japanese: ノバスコシア (Nobasukoshia), ノバスコシア州 (Nobasukoshia-shū)
• Korean: 노바스코샤 (Nobaseukosya)
• 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

• Ottawa: Miijmaawki
• Polish: Nowa Szkocja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Nova Escócia (pt) f
• Romanian: Noua Scoție f
• Russian: Но́вая Шотла́ндия (ru) f (Nóvaja Šotlándija)
• 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)
• Volapük: Nula-Skotän (vo)
• Welsh: Nofa Scotia m or f

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Nova Scotia

Anagrams

• avocations

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noʋɑ ˈskou̯ʃɑ/, [no̞ʋɑ̝ ˈs̠ko̞u̯ʃɑ̝]

Proper noun

Nova Scotia

1. Nova Scotia

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 — —