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ACADIE, or ACADIA

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 109 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ACADIE, or ACADIA , a name given by the See also:French in 1603 to that See also:part of the mainland of See also:North See also:America lying between the latitudes 40° and 46°. In the treaty of See also:Utrecht (1713) the words used in transferring the French possessions to See also:Britain were " Nova See also:Scotia or Acadia." See Nova SCOTIA for the limits included at that date under the See also:term.

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