# academia vs Acadia

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### academia
*noun · IPA /ˌæk.əˈdiː.mɪ.ə/ · frequency rank #14,057*
The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.

### Acadia
*name · IPA /əˈkeɪ.di.ə/ · frequency rank #40,537*
A former French colony in North America in the 17th and early 18th centuries, spanning over what are now the Maritime provinces of eastern Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island) and part of the state of Maine in the United States.

## Source
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