Why did the French name Novia Scotia after Scotland?

Answer 1

It was called Acadia when it was owned by the French. During a war, the land was lost to Great Britain. Most of the French who could escape fled to Louisiana. At the time, there was a problem in Scotland: the use of the land was being changed from farming to the raising of ship. Consequently, most of the working tenant farmers lost their jobs. Great Britain solved this problem by shipping the Scots to what was formerly Acadia and changed the name to Nova Scotia or New Scotland. There remains a very large population of people in Nova Scotia who trace their lineage to Scotland. There is a Celtic College in Nova Scotia where the music and culture of Scotland is taught and preserved.

Answer 2

The French did not name it Nova Scotia. The called it Acadia. It was only after the British gained control of the area that it came to be called Nova Scotia.

Answer 3

It isn't French, it is Latin, and the use of Latin as an international language was much more common at the time of its discovery. Thus, most scholars at the time would know that it referred to New Scotland from the British Isles through to the Russian plains.

Answer 4

because the french didn't name it - a scot did, after the french had already been there. So he wanted to get the name across to the french, who translated it into nova scotia.

Answer 5

The reason I heard is that when they saw the outline of land from the sea they thought it was Scotland st first.
Was it the French?

Answer 6

Its rugged coastline was reminiscent of Scotland. There were many Scots as well as French among the first European settlers.

Answer 7

It was a Scottish colony for a time but the French recaptured it and rather than change the name they just frenchified it!

Answer 8

NOVIA Scotia? Have they discovered somewhere new??

Answer 9

Because Scotland is great and doesnt get enough appriciation

Answer 10

Read this:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Scotia