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ACADIE

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or ACADY, in Geography, a name formerly given to Nova Scotia, or New Scotland, in America. See Nova Scotia.

ACÆNA, in Antiquity, a Grecian measure of length, being a ten-feet rod, used in measuring their lands.

ACANA, in Botany: See Botany Index.