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Acadia Pronunciation
Acadia is pronounced uh-KAY-dee-uh, IPA /əˈkeɪdiə/.
uh-KAY-dee-uh
US /əˈkeɪdiə/
Syllables: uh · KAY · dee · uh (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
proper noun: The old French colony in eastern Canada, and the national park in Maine named after it.
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Acadia in a Sentence
- Acadia was settled by French colonists.
- They camped in Acadia for a week.
- The music of Acadia survives in Louisiana.
Common Mispronunciations of Acadia
Not uh-KAD-ee-uh
That stressed vowel is the long ay of day, nothing like the flat a of cat.
Not A-kay-dee-uh
The run of four beats has only one peak in it, and that peak falls on KAY.
Tip: Acadian and Cajun both come from this name, the second by way of Louisiana French.
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