Maritimes
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- proper noun
- Canadian
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Marítimos
- Halifax is the largest city in the Maritimes and a major force in Canada's economy.
- Maritimes oysters
- Canadian Maritimes
Examples
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The only area in which the shape of oysters has actually been measured when selling is in the Maritimes, where oysters have been sold in three main categories.
Academic text (1996) -
I refer to Ontario and the Maritimes from whence the rest of the country was settled.
Blog text (32) -
On vacation in the Maritimes, they decided to try lobsters.
Blog text (26) -
It has been popular in the Maritimes for a long time, since the 1930s at the latest.
Blog text (16) -
They have no clue it's only the Maritimes that say aye in Canada.
Blog text (25) -
I understand about French Canadians or others who immigrated or migrated to Ontario and the Maritimes.
Blog text (32) -
During the early contact period, estimates suggest a population of 4,000 people; today, Micmac number about 30,000 in the Canadian Maritimes.
Academic text (2002) -
No land surrender treaties were signed between the government and the Indians of Quebec, the Maritimes, British Columbia, and the Yukon.
Fiction book (2002) -
Ellison was also a longtime associate editor of New Maritimes magazine, to which he was a frequent contributor of essays, reviews, and illustrations.
Fiction book (2000) -
Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) breed from northern Maine to the Canadian Maritimes and in northern Europe.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
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A group of Canadian provinces that includes New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
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5.5
A region of three Canadian provinces on the east coast
A group of three Canadian provinces on the Atlantic coast including New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Maritimes comes from the Latin root mare meaning 'sea', the same root you see in the familiar words marine and mariner. So the Maritimes are the provinces 'by the sea', which explains their coastal life and fishing.