Acadian.
Of or pertaining to Acadia, its people, or their language or culture.
Meaning & usage
Of or pertaining to Acadia, its people, or their language or culture.
Of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch.
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1705. From Acadia + -n (“one that is”).
A native of Acadia or their descendants who moved to Louisiana; a Cajun.
A descendant of the settlers of the French colony of Acadia in current eastern Canada. More specifically a speaker of Acadian French.
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1705. From Acadia + -n (“one that is”).
Ellipsis of Acadian French (“the form of French spoken in Acadia”).
In many places, Acadian has been supplanted by English and by Standard French.
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.
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1705. From Acadia + -n (“one that is”).
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