Nova Scotia
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English
Etymology
From Latin, literally “New Scotland”, from nova, feminine of novus (“new”) + Scōtia (“Scotland”).
Pronunciation
- (Canada, General American) IPA(key): /ˌnoʊ.və ˈskoʊ.ʃə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌnəʊ.və ˈskəʊ.ʃə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Nova Scotia
- A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Halifax.
- Holonyms: Maritimes, Maritime provinces
- Meronyms: Nova Scotia peninsula, Cape Breton Island
- A peninsula on the coast of the Atlantic, comprising most of the province of Nova Scotia; Nova Scotia peninsula.
Derived terms
- Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
- Nova Scotian
- NS, N.S., N. S. (abbreviation)
Translations
province in eastern Canada
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Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nova Scotia
- Nova Scotia (a province in eastern Canada)
Declension
| Inflection of Nova Scotia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Nova Scotia | — | |
| genitive | Nova Scotian | — | |
| partitive | Nova Scotiaa | — | |
| illative | Nova Scotiaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Nova Scotia | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Nova Scotia | — |
| gen. | Nova Scotian | ||
| genitive | Nova Scotian | — | |
| partitive | Nova Scotiaa | — | |
| inessive | Nova Scotiassa | — | |
| elative | Nova Scotiasta | — | |
| illative | Nova Scotiaan | — | |
| adessive | Nova Scotialla | — | |
| ablative | Nova Scotialta | — | |
| allative | Nova Scotialle | — | |
| essive | Nova Scotiana | — | |
| translative | Nova Scotiaksi | — | |
| abessive | Nova Scotiatta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈno.u̯a ˈskoː.ti.a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈno.va ˈskot.t͡si.a/,
Proper noun
Nova Scōtia f sg (genitive Novae Scōtiae); first declension
Declension
First-declension adjective with a first-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
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| nominative | Nova Scōtia |
| genitive | Novae Scōtiae |
| dative | Novae Scōtiae |
| accusative | Novam Scōtiam |
| ablative | Novā Scōtiā |
| vocative | Nova Scōtia |
| locative | Novae Scōtiae |