Meanings
- historicalA former French colony in North America in the 17th and early 18th centuries, spanning over what are now the Maritime provinces of eastern Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island) and part of the state of Maine in the United States.
- Acadia National Park, a national park in Maine.
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The fall rush around Acadia helps workers survive winter’s lean months. But that’s all at risk if a government shutdown forces America’s national parks and monuments to lock their gates, scuttling millions of vacations and school trips, and costing tourist towns from the Everglades to Yellowstone to Death Valley an estimated $70 million a day.
2023 September 28, Jack Healy, “National Parks, and Those Who Count on Them, Brace for Possible Shutdown”, in The New York Times, →ISSN - A parish in southern Louisiana, first settled by some Acadian exiles then by mostly Franco-Americans: see Acadia Parish.
Origin
- Mi'kmaqakadie“fertile land”
- Ancient GreekἈρκαδία“Arcadia”
- ItalianArcadia
- EnglishAcadia
Two possibilities: * from Italian Arcadia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία (Arkadía, “Arcadia”), a place of rural peace in pastoral poetry * from Mi'kmaq akadie (“fertile land”)
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Catalan Acàdia
- Acàdiaa French colonial territory in North America
Finnish Acadia
- Acadiaa French colonial territory in North America
French Acadie
- Acadiea French colonial territory in North America
German Akadien
- Akadiena French colonial territory in North America
Greek Ακαδία
- Ακαδία (Akadía)a French colonial territory in North America
Korean 아카디아
- 아카디아 (akadia)a French colonial territory in North America
Latin Acadia
- Acadiaa French colonial territory in North America
Polish Akadia
- Akadiaa French colonial territory in North America
Portuguese Acádia
- Acádiaa French colonial territory in North America
Spanish Acadia
- Acadiaa French colonial territory in North America
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Cite this entry
Acadia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Acadia
“Acadia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Acadia. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Acadia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Acadia.
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