Nova Scotia
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2.8
- proper noun
- /ˈnoʊvə ˈskoʊtiə/
- The town of Sydney, located on the north coast of Nova Scotia, is Canada's most contaminated community.
- Nova Scotia, Halifax
- Nova Scotia, Canada
- province of Nova Scotia
Examples
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, is known for its historic waterfront and vibrant fishing industry.
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Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island experienced net internal migration gain.
Academic text (1990) -
His work sometimes took him all the way up to Nova Scotia.
Fiction book (2000) -
The question was whether or not Nova Scotia should enter the new federation.
Academic text (2002) -
In 1852, due to bad health, he left the United States and came to Nova Scotia.
Academic text (2002) -
And I thought I was on the East Coast of Nova Scotia, but I was on the West Coast, Nova Scotia.
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Nowhere is this more apparent than in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada's most contaminated community.
Academic text (2002) -
William Kowalski, an American living in Nova Scotia, is a novelist and screenwriter.
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Many tourists visit Nova Scotia every year to enjoy its stunning coastal scenery and rich Acadian history.
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The annual festival in Nova Scotia celebrates the region's maritime heritage and local culture.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Nova + Scotia
This is a proper toponym whose components are not ordinary English words in the provided data, and its meaning is referential (the name of a Canadian province) rather than a compositional phrase. Even if a learner recognized Latin-derived elements (nova = new, Scotia = Scotland), that etymological fact does not reliably allow a B1 learner to infer the modern place-name reference without cultural/place knowledge, so it is not transparently derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Nova Scotia comes from two old words, Nova and Scotia, meaning 'New Scotland'. Early settlers and leaders used this name because many Scottish people moved there, so today the province is still called Nova Scotia.