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Acadian

ә'keidiәn6 senses · 226 ms
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adj/əˈkeɪ.di.ən//əˈkeɪ.d͡ʒən/
  1. 1

    Of or pertaining to Acadia, its people, or their language or culture.

  2. 2

    Of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch.

noun/əˈkeɪ.di.ən//əˈkeɪ.d͡ʒən/
  1. 1

    A native of Acadia or their descendants who moved to Louisiana; a Cajun.

  2. 2

    A descendant of the settlers of the French colony of Acadia in current eastern Canada. More specifically a speaker of Acadian French.Canada

name/əˈkeɪ.di.ən//əˈkeɪ.d͡ʒən/
  1. 1

    Ellipsis of Acadian French (“the form of French spoken in Acadia”).abbreviationalt-ofellipsis

    • In many places, Acadian has been supplanted by English and by Standard French.
  2. 2

    The Middle Cambrian epoch, lasting from 497 million years ago to 509 million years ago.

    • The Burgess Shale contains fossils of very odd organisms that lived during the Acadian.

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