Acadia
/əˈkeɪdjə/- a former French colony established in 1604 in the territory now forming Nova Scotia in Canada. It was contested by France and Britain until it was eventually ceded to Britain in 1763; French-speaking Acadians were deported to other parts of North America, especially Louisiana.阿卡迪亚（1604年建立的原法国殖民地, 位于现在的加拿大新斯科舍省; 英法两国为之相争, 直到1763年被割让给英国; 说法语的阿卡迪亚人被驱散到北美其他地区, 尤其是路易斯安那）。
词源
from Acadie, the French name for Nova Scotia.