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Acadian

noun

NAmE//əˈkeɪdiən//

1a French-speaking Canadian from New Brunswick, and parts of Québec near it, Nova Scotia, or Prince Edward Island

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2a person from Louisiana whose family originally came from the French colony of Acadia in what is now Nova Scotia, Canada

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