Early name of Nova Scotia (6)
I believe the answer is:
acadia
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">early name of nova scotia</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for acadia that I've seen before include "French colony, now Nova Scotia" , "Region in North America that includes Canada" , "old part of Canada" .)