Associations to the word «Acadian»

ACADIAN, adjective. Of or pertaining to Acadia, its people, or their language or culture. [First attested in the early 19th century.]

ACADIAN, adjective. (geology) Of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch.

ACADIAN, proper noun. A native of Acadia or their descendants who moved to Louisiana; a Cajun. [First attested in the early 18th century.]

ACADIAN, proper noun. (Canada) A French speaking descendant of the early settlers in the Maritime Provinces.

ACADIAN, proper noun. (rare) Acadian French: the form of French spoken in Acadia.

ACADIAN, proper noun. (rare) Acadian epoch; the Middle Cambrian; the geologic time period from 497 million year ago to 509 million year ago.

ACADIAN CHICKADEE, noun. A small chickadee subspecies with a brown crown from northern New England and the Maritime Provinces of Canada; Poecile hudsonicus littoralis.

ACADIAN CHICKADEES, noun. Plural of Acadian chickadee

ACADIAN EPOCH, noun. (geology) The geologic time period from 497 million year ago to 509 million year ago.; Middle Cambrian.

ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, noun. A North American flycatcher, Empidonax virescens, endemic to the southeastern United States.

ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS, noun. Plural of Acadian flycatcher

ACADIAN FRENCH, proper noun. A dialect of French spoken in the Maritime Provinces of Canada, and portions of Maine.

ACADIAN OWL, noun. A very small North American owl, the northern saw-whet owl, Aegolius acadicus.

ACADIAN, noun. An early French settler in the Maritimes.