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Nova Scotia MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Nova Scotia
Tree Number(s)
Z01.107.567.176.589
Unique ID
D009674
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009674
Annotation
a province of eastern Canada
Scope Note
A province of eastern Canada, one of the Maritime Provinces with NEW BRUNSWICK; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND; and sometimes NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR. Its capital is Halifax. The territory was granted in 1621 by James I to the Scotsman Sir William Alexander and was called Nova Scotia, the Latin for New Scotland. The territory had earlier belonged to the French, under the name of Acadia. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p871 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p384)
Date Established
1966/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2007/07/11
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