labrador

Definition of Labrador in English :

Noun

1. labrador

the mainland part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava Peninsula in northeastern Canada

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

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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

Labrador

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noun

[also l-]

Labrador retriever

1.

region along the Atlantic coast of NE Canada, constituting the mainland part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador: 112,826 sq mi (292,218 sq km)

2.

large peninsula between the Atlantic & Hudson Bay, containing Quebec & Labrador (the region)

Labrador

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The part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on the North American mainland. Controlled by the Hudson's Bay Company in the 1800s, the area was claimed by Quebec until 1927, when it was awarded to Newfoundland. Labrador is located on the northeast portion of the Labrador Peninsula, the eastern end of mainland Canada between Hudson Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, and forms the southern edge of the Labrador Sea, an arm of the northern Atlantic Ocean between eastern Canada and southwest Greenland.

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