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Lab⋅ra⋅dor
[lab-ruh-dawr] 
–noun
| 1. | a peninsula in NE North America surrounded by Hudson Bay, the Atlantic, 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 E part of the peninsula. 12,012; ab. 120,000 sq. mi. (310,800 sq. km). |
| 3. | (sometimes lowercase ) Labrador retriever. |
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| Lab·ra·dor (lāb'rə-dôr') The part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on the North American mainland. Its coastline was visited by Norse seamen as early as the tenth century. The area later became a possession of the Hudson's Bay Company and was claimed by Quebec until 1927, when it was awarded to Newfoundland. Lab'ra·dor'e·an, Lab'ra·dor'i·an adj. & n. |
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Labrador
Lab`ra*dor"\, n. A region of British America on the Atlantic coast, north of Newfoundland. Labrador duck (Zo["o]l.), a sea duck (Camtolaimus Labradorius) allied to the eider ducks. It was formerly common on the coast of New England, but is now supposed to be extinct, no specimens having been reported since 1878. Labrador feldspar. See Labradorite. Labrador tea (Bot.), a name of two low, evergreen shrubs of the genus Ledum (L. palustre and L. latifolium), found in Northern Europe and America. They are used as tea in British America, and in Scandinavia as a substitute for hops.
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Language Translation for : Labrador
Spanish:
campesino, labrador,
German:
der Bauer; bäuerlich,
Japanese:
百姓
Labrador
The portion of the province of Newfoundland, Canada, that lies on the mainland of North America.
Note: It is the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava peninsular region of eastern Canada.
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Labrador
large province of eastern Canada, probably from Port. lavrador "landholder," perhaps in ref. to 15c. Port. explorer Joao Fernandes, a landholder in the Azores. The name was first applied to Greenland. The breed of retriever dog so called from 1829.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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