Newfoundland

[noo-fuhn-luhnd, -land, -fuhnd-, nyoo-, noo-found-luhnd, nyoo-]

noun

1. a large island in E Canada. 42,734 sq. mi. (110,680 sq. km).

2. a province in E Canada, composed of Newfoundland island and Labrador. 155,364 sq. mi. (402,390 sq. km). St. John's.

3. one of a breed of large, powerful dogs having a dense, oily, usually black coat, raised originally in Newfoundland.

Newfoundland

/ -ˌlænd, -fənlənd, ˈnjuːfəndlənd, njuːˈfaʊndlənd /

noun

1. an island of E Canada, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Belle Isle: with the Coast of Labrador, forms the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; consists of a rugged plateau with the Long Range Mountains in the west. Area: 110 681 sq km (42 734 sq miles)

2. the former name for Newfoundland and Labrador

3. a very large heavy breed of dog similar to a Saint Bernard with a flat coarse usually black coat

Newfoundland

1. Province in eastern Canada consisting of the island of Newfoundland, the mainland area of Labrador, and their adjacent islands. St. John's is its capital and largest city.

It was the first overseas possession of England; fishing settlements began in the sixteenth century.

Newfoundland became Canada's tenth province in 1949. The remains of possible Viking settlements have been found in Newfoundland.

Example Sentences

Melissa is not expected to make landfall in North America, but will still be a formidable extratropical cyclone when it nears St Johns, Newfoundland, in Canada on Friday night.

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Its menu, launched this spring, includes Berg water from Newfoundland, Canada.

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Titan disappeared in the North Atlantic as it attempted to dive to the wreck of Titanic which lies some 372 miles from St. John's in Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada.

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Guerrero Jr. eschewing his chance at free agency this upcoming winter and emphatically choosing Canada as his forever team instantly transformed him into a national hero from Newfoundland to the Yukon.

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At one point the Avontuur has to take evasive action to avoid a hurricane and sails as far north as Newfoundland - off the coast of Canada.

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