Labrador

American  

[lab-ruh-dawr] / ˈlæb rəˌdɔr /

noun

1. a peninsula in northeastern North America surrounded by Hudson Bay, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, containing the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Quebec. 510,000 sq. mi. (1,320,900 sq. km).

2. the portion of Newfoundland in the eastern part of the peninsula. About 120,000 sq. mi. (310,800 sq. km).

3. Labrador retriever.

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Labrador British  

/ ˈlæbrəˌdɔː /

noun

1. Also called: Labrador-Ungava.  a large peninsula of NE Canada, on the Atlantic, the Gulf of St Lawrence, Hudson Strait, and Hudson Bay: contains most of Quebec and the mainland part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; geologically part of the Canadian Shield. Area: 1 619 000 sq km (625 000 sq miles)

2. Also called: Coast of Labrador.  a region of NE Canada, on the Atlantic and consisting of the mainland part of Newfoundland and Labrador province

3. (often not capital) short for Labrador retriever

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Labrador Cultural  

1. The portion of the province of Newfoundland, Canada, that lies on the mainland of North America.

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It is the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava peninsular region of eastern Canada.

Etymology

Origin of Labrador

First recorded in 1700–10; the peninsula was named after João Fernandes Lavrador (1453–1501), Portuguese explorer

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• Labrador vs. retriever

Example Sentences

For 31 years Labradors topped the American Kennel Club’s purebred rankings, which are based on more than one million annual registrations.

From The Wall Street Journal

The study, published in the journal Geology, suggests that the NAA originally formed about 1,800 km away, near the Labrador Sea where the crust began to split between Canada and Greenland.

From Science Daily

Titan disappeared in the North Atlantic as it attempted to dive to the wreck of Titanic which lies some 372 miles from St. John's in Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada.

From BBC

On Wednesday, the province of Newfoundland and Labrador banned off-road vehicles in forested areas until at least next week.

From BBC

If Labrador retrievers could speak, that question would likely comprise at least 40% of their thoughts.

From Los Angeles Times