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Labrador.

A geographic region, the mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, in eastern Canada.

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name/ˈlæb.ɹəˌdɔː(ɹ)/UK/ˈlæb.ɹəˌdɔɹ/US
  1. A geographic region, the mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, in eastern Canada.

  2. A geographic region, including the mainland portion of Newfoundland and Labrador and neighbouring regions of what is now the province of Quebec.

    historical
  3. A peninsula including the province of Newfoundland and Labrador as well as the northern three-fourths of Quebec; in full, the Labrador Peninsula.

  4. The Labrador Sea: An arm of the North Atlantic Ocean between Greenland and Labrador.

  5. A municipality and town in Pangasinan, Philippines.

  6. A surname from Spanish.

Where this word comes from

Named after Portuguese explorer João Fernandes Lavrador, from Portuguese lavrador (“landholder, farmer”), ultimately from Latin labor (“work”).

noun/ˈlæb.ɹəˌdɔː(ɹ)/UK/ˈlæb.ɹəˌdɔɹ/US
  1. Ellipsis of Labrador retriever.

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Where this word comes from

Named after Portuguese explorer João Fernandes Lavrador, from Portuguese lavrador (“landholder, farmer”), ultimately from Latin labor (“work”).

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