1. a peninsula in eastern Canada between the Bay of Fundy and the Saint Lawrence River • Instance Hypernyms: peninsula 2. the Canadian province in the Maritimes consisting of the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island; French settlers who called the area Acadia were exiled to Louisiana by the British in the 1750s and their descendants are know as Cajuns • Instance Hypernyms: Canadian province • Part Holonyms: Maritime Provinces, Maritimes, Canadian Maritime Provinces • Part Meronyms: Cape Breton Island, Halifax, Cape Sable
