[Acadia], the French name for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
[Acanthus], a leaf-like ornament on the capitals of the columns of certain orders of architecture.
[Acapul`co], a Mexican port in the Pacific, harbour commodious, but climate unhealthy.
[Acarna`nia], a province of Greece N. of Gulf of Corinth; its pop. once addicted to piracy.
[Acca`dians], a dark, thick-lipped, short-statured Mongol race in Central Asia, displaced by the Babylonians and Assyrians, who were Semitic.
[Acca-Laurentia], the wife of Faustulus, shepherd of Numitor, who saved the lives of Romulus and Remus.
[Acciaioli], a Florentine family of 15th century, illustrious in scholarship and war.
[Accolade], a gentle blow with a sword on the shoulder in conferring knighthood.
[Accol`ti], a Tuscan family, of 15th century, famous for their learning.
[Accor`so], the name of a Florentine family, of 12th and 13th centuries, great in jurisprudence.