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 of Canada)

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