أكاديا

أكاديا Acadia (فرنسية: Acadie)، كانت مستعمرة في فرنسا الجديدة في شمال شرق أمريكا الشمالية وكانت تشمل مناطق من شرق كويبك، المقاطعات البحرية، ومين المعاصرة حتى نهر كنبك.^[1] في معظم سنوات القرن 17 وأوائل القرن 18، كانت أقصى المستوطنات الأكادية جنوباً تقع في نوريدجووك على نهر كنبك وكاستين عند نهاية نهر پنوبسكوت.^[2]

التسمية

^ William Williamson. The history of the state of Maine. Vol. 2. 1832. p. 27; p. 266 (La Corne declares such to Lawrence in 1750); p. 293
^ Griffiths, E. From Migrant to Acadian. McGill-Queen's University Press. 2005. p.61; John Ried. International Region of the Northeast. In Buckner, Campbell, and Frank (eds). The Acadiensis Reader: Volume One: Atlantic Canada Before Confederation. 1998. p. 40; Villebon, p. 121

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