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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)
Holonyms ("Acadia" is a part of...):
Canadian Maritime Provinces; Maritime Provinces; Maritimes (the collective name for the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island)