[lab-ruh-dawr] 
| 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. |
| 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. |
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.
