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    Nova Scotia (/ˌnoʊvə ˈskoʊʃə/ NOH-və SKOH-shə; French: Nouvelle-Écosse; Scottish Gaelic: Alba Nuadh, lit. 'New Scotland') is a province of Canada, located...
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    Scotia is a Latin placename derived from Scoti, a Latin name for the Gaels, first attested in the late 3rd century. The Romans referred to Ireland as "Scotia"...
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    capital and most populous municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of 2023, it is...
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  • Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary...
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    heavy rain across much of Atlantic Canada. In Cape Breton Island on Nova Scotia, the storm was considered the worst in at least 21 years. Power outages...
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    order. Baronets of Scotland or Nova Scotia were allowed to augment their armorial bearings with the Arms of Nova Scotia and the privilege of wearing a neck...
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  • provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia have counties as an administrative division of government below the provincial...
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    County of Victoria is a county municipality on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. It provides local government to about 7,000 residents of the eponymous...
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    Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which upon Confederation was divided into Ontario...
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    The Scotia Sea is a sea located at the northern edge of the Southern Ocean at its boundary with the South Atlantic Ocean. It is bounded on the west by...
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    The Scotia Plate (Spanish: Placa Scotia) is a minor tectonic plate on the edge of the South Atlantic and Southern oceans. Thought to have formed during...
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    2016 census. There exists a particular concentration of speakers in Nova Scotia, with historic communities in other parts of Canada having largely disappeared...
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    Digby County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It was named after the Township of Digby; this was named in honour of Rear Admiral Robert...
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    The Bank of Nova Scotia (French: Banque de Nouvelle-Écosse), operating as Scotiabank (French: Banque Scotia), is a Canadian multinational banking and financial...
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  • Brunswick Canaan, Kings County, Nova Scotia Canaan, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia Canaan, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia Canaan, Connecticut, a town Canaan...
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  • Scotia Place is an under-construction arena complex in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is intended to replace the Scotiabank Saddledome, home of the Calgary...
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    Scotia's Grave or Scota's Grave is a rock feature south of Tralee in County Kerry, Ireland. It is beside a stream called the Finglas (Fionnghlas - 'clear...
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    Mi'kmaq (category History of Nova Scotia)
    Woodlands, native to the areas of Canada's Atlantic Provinces, primarily Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland, and the Gaspé Peninsula...
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    region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. The Maritimes had a population of 1,899,324 in...
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    Scotia is a village in Greeley County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 318 at the 2010 census. Scotia was founded in the 1870s. A Scottish...
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    The Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever is a medium-sized gundog bred primarily for hunting. It is often referred to as a "toller". It is the smallest of...
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  • governors and lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia. Though the present day office of the lieutenant governor in Nova Scotia came into being only upon the province's...
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    ScotiaMocatta, originally founded as Mocatta Bullion in 1684, was a precious metal and base metal trading company that operated as the metals trading division...
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    of Nova Scotia Iberians Paul Carmel Laporte List of francophone communities in Nova Scotia Louisiana Creoles Military history of Nova Scotia Occitania...
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    District of Argyle, is a district municipality in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal district...
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    shootings and set fires at sixteen locations in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, killing twenty-two people and injuring three others before he was shot...
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    Nova Scotia. Towns are incorporated by order by the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board pursuant to sections 383 through 388 of Nova Scotia's Municipal...
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  • The Canadian province of Nova Scotia was a British colony with a system of responsible government since 1848, before it joined Canadian Confederation in...
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    which three British North American provinces—the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick—were united into one federation, called the Dominion...
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  • North Coast region, was formerly called the Salmon River Salmon River (Nova Scotia), in Colchester County Salmon River, Colchester County (community), a community...
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