acadian

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: A=ca=di=an

CIDE DICTIONARY

acadian, a. 

 Of or pertaining to Acadia, or Nova Scotia.  [1913 Webster]

Acadian epoch (Geol.), an epoch at the beginning of the American paleozoic time, and including the oldest American rocks known to be fossiliferous. See Geology. -- Acadian owl (Zoöl.), a small North American owl (Nyctule Acadica); the saw-whet.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

acadian, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a native or inhabitant of Acadia in Nova Scotia, esp. a French-speaking descendant of the early French settlers in Canada.
2 a descendant of French-speaking Nova Scotian immigrants in Louisiana.
--adj. of or relating to Acadians.

Etymology

F Acadie Nova Scotia