Nouvelle-Écosse

French

Alternative forms

• Nouvelle-Ecosse (diacritics are not universally used on capital letters)

Etymology

From nouvelle (feminine of nouveau (“new”)) +‎ Écosse (“Scotland”); calque of Latin Nova Scotia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu.vɛ.l‿e.kɔs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔs

Proper noun

Nouvelle-Écosse f

1. Nova Scotia (a province of Canada)

Derived terms

• NÉ, N.É., N.-É., N-É, NE, N.E., N.-E., N-E (abbreviation)