URI(s)

• http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79089337

Codes

• n-cn-ns

Variants

• Alba Nuadh
• Albain Nua
• Axali Šotlandia
• Eskozia Berria
• Jaunskotija
• Nalbin Noa
• Naujoji Škotija
• Nea Skōtia
• Nobasukoshia
• Nobasukoshia-shū
• Nor Shotlandia
• Nouvèl Ekòs
• Nouvelle-Écosse
• Nova Escócia
• Nova Shotlandii︠a︡
• Novā Skošā
• Nova Skotii︠a︡
• Nova Škotska
• Novai︠a︡ Shatlandyi︠a︡
• Novai︠a︡ Shotlandii︠a︡
• Nové Skotsko
• Nowa Sgosia
• Nueva Escocia
• Nuova Scozia
• Nuuvasikuusa
• Nýja-Skotland
• Shotlandii︠a︡i Nav
• Skos Nevez
• Új-Skócia
• Yeni İskoçya
• Zhan︠g︡a Shotlandii︠a︡
• Νέα Σκωτία
• Нова Скотия
• Нова Шотландія
• Новая Шатландыя
• Новая Шотландия
• Шотландияи Нав
• Жаңа Шотландия
• Նոր Շոտլանդիա
• ᏃᏩ ᏍᎪᏏᎠ
• ኖቫ ስኮሻ
• ახალი შოტლანდია
• ᓅᕙᓯᑰᓴ
• ノバスコシア
• ノバスコシア州

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

• http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n79089337

Identifies RWO

• http://dbpedia.org/resource/Nova_Scotia
• https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJrcqWDfvFkcYfHhQkCYT3
• http://www.viaf.org/viaf/2146522248832391512
• https://isni.org/isni/0000000108061340
• http://sws.geonames.org/6091530/
• http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005802-place
• http://musicbrainz.org/area/4a91ccc7-ea89-4dc6-98f4-c8044123a032#_

• Descriptor

  http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300000774

• Descriptor

  Canadian provinces

• Associated Locale

  Canada; カナダ; 캐나다; Καναδάς; کانادا; קאנאדע; 加拿大; Канада

• Associated Locale

  Maritime Provinces

• Associated Locale

  Atlantic Provinces

Has Demonym

• Nova Scotians

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• Nova Scotia
• http://viaf.org/en/viaf/LC%7Cn%20%2079089337
• http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005802
• http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5241
• http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009674

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• Nova Scotia
• Nova Scotia Label from public data source Wikidata
• Nueva Escocia (Canadá, Provincia)

Sources

• found: Canadian Hydrographic Service. Instructions nautiques, Nouvelle-Ecosse (Côte SE) et Baie de Fundy, 1982:t.p. (Nouvelle-Ecosse)
• found: GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(adm1; 45°00ʹ01ʺN 062°59ʹ55ʺW)
• found: Geographical Names of Canada, viewed on December 19, 2018(Nova Scotia; Province)
• found: LAC internal file, December 19, 2018(heading: Nova Scotia; variant: Nouvelle-Écosse)
• found: Wikipedia, viewed on December 19, 2018(one of Canada's three Maritime Provinces, and one of the four provinces that form Atlantic Canada) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Scotia
• found: Cherokee Nation. Language Technology. Genada, between 2000 and 2025?, viewed online October 13, 2025(ᏃᏩ ᏍᎪᏏᎠ = Nowa Sgosia) - https://language.cherokee.org/media/vg2dymyb/canada.pdf
• found: Wikidata, October 28, 2025(Nova Scotia; Spanish: Nueva Escocia; French: Nouvelle-Écosse; Italian: Nuova Scozia; Japanese: ノバスコシア州 = Nobasukoshia-shū; Portuguese: Nova Escócia; Russian: Новая Шотландия = Novai︠a︡ Shotlandii︠a︡; Turkish: Yeni İskoçya; Amharic: ኖቫ ስኮሻ = Novā Skošā; Belarusian: Новая Шатландыя = Novai︠a︡ Shatlandyi︠a︡; Bulgarian: Нова Скотия = Nova Skotii︠a︡; Breton: Skos Nevez; Catalan: Nova Escòcia; Czech: Nové Skotsko; Greek: Νέα Σκωτία = Nea Skōtia; Basque: Eskozia Berria; Irish: Albain Nua; Scottish Gaelic: Alba Nuadh; Manx: Nalbin Noa; Croatian: Nova Škotska; Haitian Creole: Nouvèl Ekòs; Hungarian: Új-Skócia; Armenian: Նոր Շոտլանդիա = Nor Shotlandia; Icelandic: Nýja-Skotland; Inuktitut: ᓅᕙᓯᑰᓴ = Nuuvasikuusa; Georgian: ახალი შოტლანდია = Axali Šotlandia; Kazakh: Жаңа Шотландия = Zhan︠g︡a Shotlandii︠a︡; Lithuanian: Naujoji Škotija; Latvian: Jaunskotija; Tajik: Шотландияи Нав = Shotlandii︠a︡i Nav; Ukrainian: Нова Шотландія = Nova Shotlandii︠a︡)

Editorial Notes

• [Non-Latin script references not evaluated.]

Instance Of

• MADS/RDF Geographic
• MADS/RDF Authority
• SKOS Concept

Scheme Membership(s)

• Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

• Names Collection - Authorized Headings
• LC Names Collection - General Collection

Change Notes

• 1980-06-24: new
• 2025-10-30: revised

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• MADS/XML
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