Labrador
See also: labrador
English
Etymology
Eponym of Portuguese explorer João Fernandes Lavrador, from Portuguese lavrador (“landholder, farmer”), ultimately from Latin labor (“work”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlæb.ɹə.dɔː(ɹ)/
Proper noun
Labrador
- The mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, in Eastern Canada.
- (chiefly historical) The geographical region including Labrador in sense 1, as well as neighbouring regions of what is now the province of Quebec.
- An abbreviated form of the dog breed name Labrador retriever.
Derived terms
- Labradorian
- Labrador duck
- Labrador feldspar
- Labrador lung
- Labrador tea
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Lab, Lab. (abbreviation)
Translations
Mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador
Mainly historical geographical region
See also
Further reading
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Anagrams
French
Proper noun
Labrador
- Labrador, the mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador (“Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador”).
- (chiefly historical) Labrador, the area of the Atlantic watershed of the Quebec peninsula, bounded to the south by the watershed of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, to the north by the watershed of Ungava Bay, to the west by the watershed of Hudson Bay
- Labrador, a breed of dog.
Derived terms
Further reading
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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English Labrador, from Portuguese Lavrador (“João Fernandes Lavrador, Portuguese explorer”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Labrador m
- Labrador (mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador)
Noun
Labrador m (plural Labradores)
- Alternative letter-case form of labrador
Spanish
Proper noun
Labrador m
- Labrador (mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador)
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