Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

acadia

/əˈkeɪ.di.ə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.72 in modern English

Syllables
aca-dia
IPA
/əˈkeɪ.di.ə/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
4
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A former French colony in North America in the 17th and early 18th centuries, spanning over what are now the Maritime provinces of eastern Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island) and part of the state of Maine in the United States.

name

Acadia National Park, a national park in Maine.

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Etymology

Two possibilities: * from Italian Arcadia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία (Arkadía, “Arcadia”), a place of rural peace in pastoral poetry * from Mi'kmaq akadie (“fertile land”)

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Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /əˈkeɪ.di.ə/

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Questions

How do you pronounce acadia?
The recorded pronunciation is /əˈkeɪ.di.ə/.
What does acadia mean?
A former French colony in North America in the 17th and early 18th centuries, spanning over what are now the Maritime provinces of eastern Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island) and part of the state of Maine in the United States.
Where does acadia come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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