Shubenacadie | |
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  Shubenacadie Shubenacadie in Nova Scotia | |
| Coordinates: 45°8′23.58″N 63°25′3.17″W / 45.1398833°N 63.4175472°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Nova Scotia |
| County | Hants County |
Shubenacadie (/ˌʃuːbəˈnækədi/ SHOO-bə-NAK-ə-dee) is a village located in Hants County, in central Nova Scotia, Canada. As of 2021, the population was 411.
The name for the Mi'kmaw territory in which present-day Shubenacadie is located and the origin of its name is the Mi'kmaw word Sipekne'katik, which "place abounding in groundnuts" or "place where the wapato grows."[1][2] Historically, the Sipekne'katik region was a large stretch of territory that covered central Nova Scotia.
- ^ Sable, Trudy; Francis, Bernard; Lewis, Roger J. (2012). The Language of this Land, Mi'kma'ki. Cape Breton University Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-897009-49-9.
- ^ ‘In the Micmac Indian dialect ākăde signifies a place[…]. The Shubenacadie River is called by the natives Saagaabenācăde, a place where their favourite root the sagaaban grows. The term Shubenacadie was given to the river, where such root plants were formerly very abundant. Alternatively, "Shubenacadie" is believed to translate to "I'm well in Acadia" pronounced in Chiac as "chu bien en Acadie". (Abraham Gesner, The industrial resources of Nova Scotia (Halifax, N.S.: A. & W. MacKinlay, 1849), p. 2)