Acadian

Etymology
First attested in 1705. From.

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to Acadia, its people, or their language or culture.
 * 2)  Of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch.

Usage notes

 * The second US pronunciation is a rarely used historical version that led to the word Cajun.

Translations

 * Catalan: acadià
 * Finnish: acadialainen
 * French:
 * Portuguese: acádio
 * Spanish:


 * Catalan: acadià
 * Finnish: keskikambrilainen
 * French:
 * Portuguese: acádio

Noun

 * 1) A native of Acadia or their descendants who moved to Louisiana; a Cajun.
 * 2)  A descendant of the settlers of the French colony of Acadia in current eastern Canada.  More specifically a speaker of Acadian French.

Proper noun

 * : the form of French spoken in Acadia.
 * In many places, Acadian has been supplanted by English and by Standard French.
 * 1)  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.

Translations

 * Catalan: acadià, acadiana
 * French: ,
 * Portuguese: acádio


 * French:
 * Irish: Acaidis


 * Catalan: acadià
 * French:
 * Portuguese: acádio