Acadian
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
专有名词
英 /əˈkeɪ.di.ən/
美 /əˈkeɪ.di.ən/|/əˈkeɪ.d͡ʒən/
英文释义
名词 n.
- A native of Acadia or their descendants who moved to Louisiana; a Cajun.
- A descendant of the settlers of the French colony of Acadia in current eastern Canada. More specifically a speaker of Acadian French.
形容词 adj.
- Of or pertaining to Acadia, its people, or their language or culture.
- Of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch.
专有名词
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Ellipsis of Acadian French (“the form of French spoken in Acadia”).
— In many places, Acadian has been supplanted by English and by Standard French.
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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.
词源
词源 1
First attested in 1705. From Acadia + -n (“one that is”).
词源 2
First attested in 1705. From Acadia + -n (“one that is”).
词源 3
First attested in 1705. From Acadia + -n (“one that is”).
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