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Acadian

/əˈkeɪ.di.ən/US/əˈkeɪ.di.ən/

Acadian adjective: of or pertaining to Acadia, its people, or their language or culture. Also the ellipsis of Acadian French.

Adjective

Acadian (comparative more Acadian, superlative most Acadian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Acadia, its people, or their language or culture.
  2. Of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch.

Noun

Acadian (plural Acadians)

  1. A native of Acadia or their descendants who moved to Louisiana; a Cajun.
  2. (Canada) A descendant of the settlers of the French colony of Acadia in current eastern Canada. More specifically a speaker of Acadian French.

Proper noun

Acadian

  1. 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.

Also used as

Acadian is also the ellipsis of Acadian French.

Forms of Acadian

Adjective
comparativemore Acadian
superlativemost Acadian
Noun
pluralAcadians

Origin of Acadian

First attested in 1705. From Acadia + -n (“one that is”).

Words formed from Acadian

Phrases with Acadian

Words that rhyme with Acadian

Questions about Acadian

What does Acadian mean?
Acadian means of or pertaining to Acadia, its people, or their language or culture.
What part of speech is Acadian?
Acadian can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Acadian?
Acadian is pronounced /əˈkeɪ.di.ən/ (UK).

Words near Acadian in the dictionary

  1. acadesine
  2. Acadia
  3. Acadia Parish
  4. acadialite
  5. acadialites
  6. Acadian
  7. Acadian chickadee
  8. Acadian chickadees
  9. Acadian Coast
  10. Acadian flycatcher
  11. Acadian flycatchers

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