Newfoundland

American  

[noo-fuhn-luhnd, -land, -fuhnd-, nyoo-, noo-found-luhnd, nyoo-] / ˈnu fən lənd, -ˌlænd, -fənd-, ˈnyu-, nuˈfaʊnd lənd, nyu- /

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.

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Newfoundland British  

/ -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

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Newfoundland Cultural  

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.

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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

Oil-and-gas extraction increased for a second consecutive month, with higher crude-petroleum output in Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as a rise in natural gas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Warner, 35, said some of the plastic bottles he has discovered on Sanday appear to have originated in Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

They analyzed lithium isotopes in Ediacara fossils collected from Newfoundland and northwest Canada, studying specimens preserved in both sandy and muddy sediments.

From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

The Advance sailed to Newfoundland, stopped to board a few additional sailors and more than fifty sled dogs, then continued up the western coast of Greenland.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock