Nova Scotia

English region Q1952 en Location of the province of Nova Scotia in Canada Etymology From en la Nova Scōtia, literally “New Scotland”, from la nova, feminine of la novus new + la Scōtia Scotland. Pronunciation en /ˌnoʊ.və ˈskoʊ.ʃə/ Canada,GA en /ˌnəʊ.və ˈskəʊ.ʃə/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Nova Scotia.wav Southern England Proper noun 1 en Q1952en province in eastern c/Canada Halifax. en Maritimes Maritime provinces en Nova Scotia peninsula Cape Breton Island en Q2657206en peninsula on the coast of the ocean/Atlantic comprising most of the province of Nova Scotia + Nova Scotia peninsula; Nova Scotia peninsula. Derived terms en Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever en Nova Scotia peninsula en Nova Scotia salmon en Nova Scotian en NS, N.S., N. S. abbreviation Translations province in eastern Canada Afrikaans: af Nova Scotia, af Nieu-Skotland Arabic: ar نُوفَا سْكُوتْيَا f, ar نُوفَا سْكُوشَا f, ar إسكتلندا الجديدة f Armenian: hy Նոր Շոտլանդիա Basque: eu Eskozia Berria Bulgarian: bg Но́ва Ско́тия f Catalan: ca Nova Escòcia f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 諾華斯高沙 nok6 waa4 si1 gou1 saa1, yue 斯高沙 si1 gou1 saa1, yue 新斯高沙 san1 si1 gou1 saa1 Mandarin: cmn 新斯科舍 Mainland, cmn 新斯科細亞 Taiwan, cmn 諾華斯高沙 Hong Kong, cmn 斯高沙 chiefly Canada, cmn 新斯高沙 Corsican: co Nova Scozia f Czech: cs Nové Skotsko n Danish: da Nova Scotia Dutch: nl Nova Scotia, nl Nieuw-Schotland n Esperanto: eo Nov-Skotio Estonian: et Nova Scotia Finnish: fi Nova Scotia French: fr Nouvelle-Écosse f Galician: gl Nova Escocia f Georgian: ka ახალი შოტლანდია German: de Neuschottland n, de Nova Scotia n Greek: el Νέα Σκωτία f Hindi: hi नोवा स्कॉटिया Hungarian: hu Új-Skócia Icelandic: is Nýja-Skotland n Inuktitut: iu ᓅᕙᓯᑰᓴ Irish: ga Albain Nua f Italian: it Nuova Scozia f Japanese: ja ノバスコシア Nobasukoshia, ja ノバスコシア州 Nobasukoshia-shū Khmer: km ណូវ៉ាស្កូស៊ី Korean: ko ^노바스코샤 Latin: la Nova Scōtia f Latvian: lv Jaunskotija f Lithuanian: lt Naujoji Škotija f Macedonian: mk Нова Шкотска f Manx: gv Nalbin Noa f, gv Albin Noa f Yn Albin Noa Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Nova Scotia Occitan: oc Nòva Escòcia f Ottawa: otw Miijmaawki Polish: pl Nowa Szkocja f Portuguese: pt Nova Escócia f Romanian: ro Noua Scoție f Russian: ru Но́вая Шотла́ндия f Scots: sco Nova Scotia Scottish Gaelic: gd Alba Nuadh f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Нова Шкотска f Latin: sh Nova Škotska f Slovak: sk Nové Škótsko n Slovene: sl Nova Škotska f Spanish: es Nueva Escocia f Swedish: sv Nova Scotia Ukrainian: uk Нова Шотландія f Vietnamese: vi Nô-va Xcô-ti-a Volapük: vo Nula-Skotän Welsh: cy Nova Scotia m f, cy yr Alban Newydd f See also Anagrams en aacinoostv avocations Finnish fi: thumb|Nova Scotia Etymology fi en Nova Scotia. Pronunciation nova skouša Proper noun Nova Scotia fi Nova Scotia Q1952 Declension sg Nova Scoti a Derived terms fi compounds novascotiannoutaja Latin la: thumb|la Nova Scōtia inter prōvinciās Canadae aliās sita Etymology Calqued from an English or sco New Scotland yes (being the languages of the poet and colonist William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, to whom the royal charter for the colonisation of Nova Scotia was appointed) in 1621 for the charter formalising the area's colonisation.w:Government of Canada<alt:canada.ca> Origin of the names of Canada and its provinces and territories 8.1.2025 https://natural-resources.canada.ca/maps-tools-publications/maps/geographical-names-canada/origin-names-canada-its-provinces-territories?_gl=1*1o3emle*_ga*NzQxNTQzOTU3LjE3NzgxNTA1NzE.*_ga_C2N57Y7DX5*czE3NzgxNTA1NzEkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzgxNTEzNjQkajYwJGwwJGgw https://web.archive.org/web/20261022030740/https://natural-resources.canada.ca/maps-tools-publications/maps/geographical-names-canada/origin-names-canada-its-provinces-territories?_gl=1%2A1o3emle%2A_ga%2ANzQxNTQzOTU3LjE3NzgxNTA1NzE.%2A_ga_C2N57Y7DX5%2AczE3NzgxNTA1NzEkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzgxNTEzNjQkajYwJGwwJGgw 22 October 2026w:Government of Canada<alt:canada.ca> Nova Scotia's provincial symbols 15.8.2017 https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/provincial-territorial-symbols-canada/nova-scotia.html#a1 https://web.archive.org/web/20261009190210/https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/provincial-territorial-symbols-canada/nova-scotia.html 9 October 2026 Analysable as la nova Scōtia; note the English influence in adjective placement in comparison to antiquarian Roman provinces, which universally used the more common placement of the adjective after the noun (cf. the similarly named la Africa Nova). Pronunciation Nova Scōtia Proper noun Nova<+.loc> Scōtia<1.loc> la New Latin la Nova Scotia Q1952 from 1621Nova Scotia; The Royal Charter of 1621 to Sir William Alexander Colonol Alexander Fraser University of Toronto Press 1922 26, 28 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.35112104332038?urlappend=%3Bseq=34%3Bownerid=13510798901944116-34 Quaequidem terrae praedictae omni tempore affuturo nomine Novae Scotiae in America gaudebunt quas etiam praefatus Dominus Willelmus in partes et portiones sicut ei visum fuerit dividet iisdemque nomina pro beneplacito imponet nominative ablative la Armamentarium Theologicum ad Mentem Doctoris Sibtilis Theological Arsenal for the Mind of a Subtle Teacher w:Anthony Bruodin Prague 1676 https://www.google.com/books/edition/ARMAMENTARIUM_THEOLOGICUM_Ad_mentem_DOCT/_9DaT3lKUTwC?hl=de&gbpv=1&dq=%22Nova+Scotia%22+quae&pg=PP82&printsec=frontcover De Scoti Vita On the Life of the Scot De Scotorum & Anglorum vanis prætenſionibus, in Scotum On the vain pretensions of the Scots and English, in a Scotsman 8 Non valet mi Dempſtere hæc conſequentia, Beda Anglus erat: ergo fuit natus in nova Anglia; nec valebit pariter hæc altera tua, & tuorum, Joannes Duns, Scotus erat: ergo fuit natus in Albionenſi, ſeu nova Scotia? nōn valet mī Dempstere haec cōnsequentia: “Beda Anglus erat, ergō fuit nātus in Novā Angliā” — nec valēbit pariter haec altera tua et tuōrum: “Jōhannēs Duns Scōtus erat, ergō fuit nātus in Albiōnensī seu Novā Scōtiā?” This consequence, my dear Dempster, does not hold: “Bede was Enlgish, thus he was born in New England” — nor likewise will this other one of yours and your followers hold: “Johannes Duns was a Scotsman, thus was he born in Albion or New Scotland?” Declension Nova<+.loc> Scōtia<1.loc> Descendants All calques are based on the English; i.e., taken from the English and calqued from the Latin. 1 en Nova Scotia de Nova Scotia 1 nb Nova Scotia 1 nn Nova Scotia 1 cy Nova Scotia 1 yi נאָווע סקאָשע nóve skóshe 1 is Nýja-Skotland 1 pdc Nei-Schottland 1 1 sco Nova Scotia cy Alban Newydd 1 References