Acadia [see 1963 quote (def. 1)] DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
1 n. — Hist.
a former French colony on the Atlantic coast of N. America, which included the present Maritime Provinces and adjacent parts of Quebec and New England.
See also: Acadie La Cadia
2 n. — Hist.
the Maritime Provinces.
3 n.
the areas of French settlement and culture in the Maritime Provinces.
4 n.
a name for a proposed province to be formed through union of the present Maritime Provinces.