ACADIA

name first applied to all Fr. po e ions S. of St. Lawrence, later to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and part - of Maine. Cap., Port Royal (Anna polis); part of region (Nova Scotia) claimed by English (1631), ceded to France (1667-1713); 18,000 of Acadian population, hostile to Brit. Government, expatriated (1775; see, for poetic