Novy

Novy (plural Novies)

1. (slang) A person from Nova Scotia.
   • 1896 November – 1897 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Captains Courageous”, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, published 1897, →OCLC:

     "Shrimp! Gloucester shrimp! Git aout^[sic], you Novy!"
     To call a Gloucester man a Nova Scotian is not well received. Dan answered in kind.

Novy (plural Novys)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Novy is the 19885^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1351 individuals. Novy is most common among White (94.3%) individuals.