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- proper noun plural a region in
Atlantic Canada , includingNova Scotia ,New Brunswick , andPrince Edward Island
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Examples
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Population in Maritimes (50% French-speaking) will be divided culturally and politically.
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I can tell you, Rob, even as someone having grown up in Maritimes resenting my cousins here, it's getting to be a little bit much.
dipstick 2005
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The third obstacle to successful trade between New England and the Maritimes is merely a problem of attitudes.
Big Fish from Little Ponds: Can Canada's Regional Companies Succeed in the Global Economy? 2002
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The diversification of the economy of say, the Prairies or the Maritimes is hindered by yet another factor.
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I made up my mind at once that, come what might, I would, in Toronto, justify Dosco as an asset of Canada and myself as something more than a sort of topflight mendicant seeking alms for the Maritimes from the taxpayer's bounty.
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The great rock land of Northern Ontario, and the distance and the geographical barriers which separate the Maritimes from the rest of Canada?
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It is the third in the series "Studies in Chinese Maritimes Development" following "China's Future Nuclear Submarine Force" and "China Energy Strategy: The Impact on Beijing's Maritime Policies."
China Defense Blog 2009
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At the dawn of confederation the Maritimes were the industrial heartland of the nascent land.
Making Canada Better 2001
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The coal deposits of the Maritimes are also at a formidable distance from these major power-using areas.
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At the time of Confederation, the Maritimes were the fourth largest trading area in the world and they owned more than one-seventh as much shipping as Great Britain.
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