Example sentences for: acadians

How can you use “acadians” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • During the troubled Spanish era, thousands of French exiles from eastern Canada — Acadians, shortened to Cajuns —  migrated to Louisiana.

  • Like Nova Scotia, the island was transformed by the Acadians’ deportation and their replacement by New Englanders, who named it after Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, in 1799.

  • The dispersal began out at Grand-Pré, now a national historic park commemorating the Acadians’ resilience.

  • Along the Annapolis River road, such pretty little villages as Middleton, Lawrencetown, and Bridgetown bear the unmistakable mark of the New Englanders who moved into the region to take over the Acadians’ farms.

  • Epitome of the town’s more peaceful side, the Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens south of the city center display flora representative of the region’s inhabitants: mayflower and pines for the Micmacs; iris and the vegetables the Acadians grew, with a reconstruction of their ingenious system of dykes and a typical Acadian cottage; an English rose arbor; and Victorian flower beds.


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