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  2. Nova Scotia - Wikipedia

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    Nova Scotia [a] is a province of Canada, located on its east coast.It is one of the three Maritime provinces and most populous province in Atlantic Canada, with an estimated population of over 1 million as of 2024; it is also the second-most densely populated province in Canada, and second-smallest province by area. [11]

  3. List of Canadian provincial and territorial name etymologies

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    Terra Nova and Lavrador "New land", and the surname of João Fernandes Lavrador, meaning "farmer" or "plower" [9] Northwest Territories: English: Referring to the territory's position relative to Rupert's Land Nova Scotia: Latin "New Scotland", referring to the country Scotland, derived from the Latin Scoti, the term applied to Gaels [10] [11 ...

  4. History of Nova Scotia - Wikipedia

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    The history of Nova Scotia covers a period from thousands of years ago to the present day. Prior to European colonization, the lands encompassing present-day Nova Scotia (also historically referred to as Mi'kma'ki and Acadia) were inhabited by the Mi'kmaq people.

  5. List of Scottish place names in Canada - Wikipedia

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    A satellite photo of Nova Scotia. Tartan of Nova Scotia New Glasgow, Nova Scotia welcome sign "Nova Scotia" is Latin for New Scotland. Nova Scotia's Gaelic name is Alba Nuadh, which also literally means "New Scotland". Aberdeen; Argyle; Arisaig; Ben Eoin (from the Scottish Gaelic for "mountain of the birds") Beinn Bhreagh; Beinn Scalpie ...

  6. Scottish Canadians - Wikipedia

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    The name of Nova Scotia literally means "New Scotland" in Latin, and its flag was designed as a combination of the Scottish Saltire and the Royal Arms of Scotland. Nova Scotia was briefly colonized by Scottish settlers in 1620, although by 1624 the Scottish settlers had been removed by treaty and the area was turned over to the French until the ...

  7. List of place names in Canada of Indigenous origin - Wikipedia

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    Torngat Mountains: from the Inuktitut name for the region, turngait, meaning "spirits"; Inuit legends hold that here the spirit and physical worlds overlap. [75] Wabana – from the Abenaki wabunaki, "east land" from wabun "dawn"; so named in 1895 by Colonel Thomas Cantley, president of the Nova Scotia Steel Company [76]

  8. Doucet - Wikipedia

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    Doucet is a French language surname, especially popular in Canada, the former area of Acadia in particular (now Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and parts of Quebec and New England). As a result of the Great Expulsion in 1755 and later from Acadia, Doucets are also amongst the Cajuns and Creoles of Louisiana.

  9. DeWolf family - Wikipedia

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    James Ratchford DeWolf (1787–1855) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was the fifth child of Elisha DeWolf. Thomas Andrew Strange DeWolf (1795–1878) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented King's County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1837 to 1848. He was the ninth child of Elisha DeWolf.