Mar•i•time Prov•inc•es
We found 1 definitions of maritime provinces from 1 different sources.
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maritime provinces - the collective name for the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island | ||
Maritimes, Canadian Maritime Provinces | ||
canada a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada; "the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world" | ||
acadia the French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces | ||
new brunswick a province in southeastern Canada | ||
nova scotia 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 |