Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nova_scotia

2 senses of nova scotia

Sense 1
Nova Scotia -- (a peninsula in eastern Canada between the Bay of Fundy and the Saint Lawrence River)
       INSTANCE OF=> peninsula -- (a large mass of land projecting into a body of water)

Sense 2
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)
       INSTANCE OF=> Canadian province -- (Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes)