Acadian

Meanings

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to Acadia, its people, or their language or culture.
• Of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch.

Noun

• A native of Acadia or their descendants who moved to Louisiana; a Cajun.
• A descendant of the settlers of the French colony of Acadia in current eastern Canada. More specifically a speaker of Acadian French.

Proper Noun

• : the form of French spoken in Acadia.
• The Middle Cambrian epoch, lasting from 497 million years ago to 509 million years ago.

Origin

• First attested in 1705. From Acadia + -n.