Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

English

Etymology

From Latin, literally “New Scotland”, from nova, feminine of novus (“new”) + Scōtia (“Scotland”).

Pronunciation

• (Canada, General American) IPA^(key): /ˌnoʊ.və ˈskoʊ.ʃə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌnəʊ.və ˈskəʊ.ʃə/

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Proper noun

Nova Scotia

1. A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Halifax.
2. A peninsula on the coast of the Atlantic, comprising most of the province of Nova Scotia.

Derived terms

• Nova Scotian
• NS, N.S., N. S. (abbreviation)

Translations

province in eastern Canada

Arabic: نُوفَا سْكُوتْيَا‎ f (nūfā skūtyā) Armenian: Նոր Շոտլանդիա (Nor Šotlandia) Basque: Eskozia Berria Bulgarian: Нова Скотия f (Nova Skotija) Catalan: Nova Escòcia f Chinese: Cantonese: 諾華斯高沙, 诺华斯高沙 (nok6 waa4 si1 gou1 saa1), 諾華斯高沙省, 诺华斯高沙省 (nok6 waa4 si1 gou1 saa1 saang2), 斯高沙 (si1 gou1 saa1), 斯高沙省 (si1 gou1 saa1 saang2), 新斯高沙 (san1 si1 gou1 saa1), 新斯高沙省 (san1 si1 gou1 saa1 saang2) Mandarin: 新斯科舍 (zh) (Xīn Sīkēshě), 新斯科舍省 (Xīn Sīkēshě Shěng), 新斯科細亞／新斯科细亚 (Xīn Sīkēxìyà), 新斯科細亞省／新斯科细亚省 (Xīn Sīkēxìyà Shěng), 諾華斯高沙／诺华斯高沙 (Nuòhuá Sīgāoshā), 諾華斯高沙省／诺华斯高沙省 (Nuòhuá Sīgāoshā Shěng), 斯高沙 (Sīgāoshā), 斯高沙省 (Sīgāoshā Shěng), 新斯高沙 (Xīn Sīgāoshā), 新斯高沙省 (Xīn Sīgāoshā Shěng) Czech: Nové Skotsko (cs) n Danish: Nova Scotia Dutch: Nova Scotia, Nieuw-Schotland Esperanto: Nov-Skotio Estonian: Nova Scotia Finnish: Nova Scotia (fi) French: Nouvelle-Écosse (fr) f Galician: Nova Escocia (gl) Georgian: ახალი შოტლანდია (axali šoṭlandia) German: Neuschottland (de) n, Nova Scotia (de) n Greek: Νέα Σκωτία f (Néa Skotía) Hindi: नोवा स्कॉटिया (novā skŏṭiyā) Hungarian: Új-Skócia (hu) Icelandic: Nýja-Skotland n Inuktitut: ᓅᕙᓯᑰᓴ (noofasikoosa) Irish: Albain Nua f Italian: Nuova Scozia (it) f Japanese: ノバスコシア (Nobasukoshia), ノバスコシア州 (Nobasukoshia-shū) Khmer: ណូវ៉ាស្កូស៊ី (nouvaa skousii) Korean: 노바스코샤 (Nobaseukosya) Latvian: Jaunskotija f Lithuanian: Naujoji Škotija f Macedonian: Нова Шкотска f (Nova Škotska) Manx: Nalbin Noa f, Yn Albin Noa f Norwegian: Bokmål: Nova Scotia Ottawa: Miijmaawki Polish: Nowa Szkocja (pl) f Portuguese: Nova Escócia (pt) f Romanian: Noua Scoție f Russian: Но́вая Шотла́ндия (ru) f (Nóvaja Šotlándija) Scottish Gaelic: Alba Nuadh f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Нова Шкотска f Roman: Nova Škotska f Slovak: Nové Škótsko n Slovene: Nova Škotska (sl) f Spanish: Nueva Escocia f Swedish: Nova Scotia (sv) Ukrainian: Нова Шотландія f (Nova Šotlandija) Volapük: Nula-Skotän (vo) Welsh: Nova Scotia m or f, yr Alban Newydd f

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoʋɑ ˈskou̯ʃɑ/, [ˈno̞ʋɑ ˈs̠ko̞u̯ʃɑ]

Proper noun

Nova Scotia

1. Nova Scotia (a province in eastern Canada)

Declension

Inflection of Nova Scotia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Nova Scotia	—
genitive		Nova Scotian	—
partitive		Nova Scotiaa	—
illative		Nova Scotiaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Nova Scotia	—
accusative	nom.	Nova Scotia	—
	gen.	Nova Scotian
genitive		Nova Scotian	—
partitive		Nova Scotiaa	—
inessive		Nova Scotiassa	—
elative		Nova Scotiasta	—
illative		Nova Scotiaan	—
adessive		Nova Scotialla	—
ablative		Nova Scotialta	—
allative		Nova Scotialle	—
essive		Nova Scotiana	—
translative		Nova Scotiaksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Nova Scotiatta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Nova Scotia (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Nova Scotiani	Nova Scotiamme
2nd person	Nova Scotiasi	Nova Scotianne
3rd person	Nova Scotiansa

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.u̯a ˈskoː.ti.a/, [ˈnou̯ä ˈs̠koːt̪iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.va ˈskot.t͡si.a/, [ˈnɔːvä ˈskɔt̪ː͡s̪iä]

Proper noun

Nova Scōtia f sg (genitive Novae Scōtiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Nova Scotia

Declension

First-declension adjective with a first-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nova Scōtia
Genitive	Novae Scōtiae
Dative	Novae Scōtiae
Accusative	Novam Scōtiam
Ablative	Novā Scōtiā
Vocative	Nova Scōtia
Locative	Novae Scōtiae