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Descriptor English: Nova Scotia
Descriptor Spanish: Nueva Escocia
Descriptor Nueva Escocia
Scope note: Provincia del Canadá oriental que, junto a NEW BRUNSWICK, la ISLA DEL PRÍNCIPE EDUARDO y, en ocasiones, TERRANOVA Y LABRADOR, forma parte de las provincias marítimas. Su capital es Halifax. El territorio fue otorgado en 1621 por Jacobo I al escocés Sir William Alexander y recibió la denominación de Nova Scotia, Nueva Escocia en latín. Anteriormente el territorio había pertenecido a los franceses bajo la denominación de Acadia. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p. 871 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p. 384)
Descriptor Portuguese: Nova Escócia
Descriptor French: Nouvelle-Écosse
Tree number(s): Z01.107.567.176.589
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009674
Scope note: A province of eastern Canada, one of the Maritime Provinces with NEW BRUNSWICK; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND; and sometimes NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR. Its capital is Halifax. The territory was granted in 1621 by James I to the Scotsman Sir William Alexander and was called Nova Scotia, the Latin for New Scotland. The territory had earlier belonged to the French, under the name of Acadia. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p871 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p384)
Annotation: a province of eastern Canada
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
DeCS ID: 9861
Unique ID: D009674
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2007/07/11
Nova Scotia - Preferred
Concept UI M0015019
Scope note A province of eastern Canada, one of the Maritime Provinces with NEW BRUNSWICK; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND; and sometimes NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR. Its capital is Halifax. The territory was granted in 1621 by James I to the Scotsman Sir William Alexander and was called Nova Scotia, the Latin for New Scotland. The territory had earlier belonged to the French, under the name of Acadia. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p871 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p384)
Preferred term Nova Scotia



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