Acadian (disambiguation)
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Not to be confused with Akkadian Empire or Akkadian language.
Acadians are natives of Acadia, a region of northeastern North America (see also Cajuns and Expulsion of the Acadians).
Acadian may also mean:
- Acadian (train), a Southern Pacific passenger train
- Acadian (automobile), a make of automobile produced by General Motors of Canada
- Acadian French, a French dialect
- Acadian flycatcher, a small insect-eating bird
- Acadian orogeny, a middle Paleozoic deformation in geology
- Acadian Peninsula, a peninsula in North America
- Acadian World Congress, a festival held every five years
- List of Acadians, notable people of Acadian origin
- Acadiana, a large region of south Louisiana influenced by Cajun culture
- Acadian Coast, historical term for the area along the Mississippi River settled by Acadians in the 18th century
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