Nova Scotia
/ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə/1
- a peninsula on the SE coast of Canada, projecting into the Atlantic Ocean and separating the Bay of Fundy from the Gulf of St Lawrence新斯科舍半岛（加拿大东南海岸的一个半岛, 伸入大西洋并将芬迪湾与圣劳伦斯海湾隔开）。
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- a province of eastern Canada, comprising the peninsula of Nova Scotia and the adjoining Cape Breton Island; pop.913,462 (2006); capital, Halifax. Settled by the French in the early 18th century as Acadia, it changed hands several times between the French and English before being awarded to Britain in 1713. It became one of the original four provinces in the Dominion of Canada in 1867.新斯科舍省（加拿大东部一个省, 由新斯科舍半岛和临近的布雷顿角岛组成, 2006年人口913,462; 省会哈利法克斯; 18世纪早期由法国殖民者定居, 称为阿卡迪亚, 后在英法两国间几经易主直至1713年被判给英国, 1867年成为英联邦加拿大自治领最早的四个省份之一）。
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