Atlantic Provinces
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Atlantic Provinces
The eastern Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Atlantic Provinces
pl n
(Placename) the Atlantic Provinces certain of the Canadian provinces with coasts facing the Gulf of St Lawrence or the Atlantic: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador
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Atlan′tic Prov′inces
n.pl.
the Canadian provinces bordering the Atlantic Ocean, comprising New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
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