Labrador

[ lab-ruh-dawr ]

noun

1. a peninsula in northeastern North America surrounded by Hudson Bay, the Atlantic Ocean, 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 eastern part of the peninsula. About 120,000 sq. mi. (310,800 sq. km).
3. Labrador retriever.

Labrador

/ ˈlæbrəˌdɔː /

noun

1. Also calledLabrador-Ungava a large peninsula of NE Canada, on the Atlantic, the Gulf of St Lawrence, Hudson Strait, and Hudson Bay: contains most of Quebec and the mainland part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; geologically part of the Canadian Shield. Area: 1 619 000 sq km (625 000 sq miles)
2. Also calledCoast of Labrador a region of NE Canada, on the Atlantic and consisting of the mainland part of Newfoundland and Labrador province
3. See Labrador retriever
   often not capital short for Labrador retriever

Labrador

1. The portion of the province of Newfoundland , Canada , that lies on the mainland of North America .

Notes

It is the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava peninsular region of eastern Canada.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Labrador¹

First recorded in 1700–10; the peninsula was named after João Fernandes Lavrador (1453–1501), Portuguese explorer

Example Sentences

“It’s an interesting case because you really have two defining principles of thinking that are in conflict with one another at this island,” says Ian Jones, a marine bird biologist at Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador.

From Popular-Science

That said, both Labrador and Macomber have outraised Wasden, which is a favorable sign for their campaigns.

From FiveThirtyEight

In 2018, the Newfoundland and Labrador government published a plan that envisioned drilling “over 100 new exploration wells” and basins that would produce “over 650,000 barrels of oil per day” by 2030.

From Popular-Science

Evan and Pauline added a beautiful Labrador puppy to their family.

From Outside Online

His father was a linguist who spent months away from home, working with the Inuit up on the mainland, in Labrador.

From Freakonomics

In response, Labrador called Simpson a “bully” and “an old-school legislator who went to Washington, D.C., to compromise.”

From The Daily Beast

This week, Labrador pulled on that experience to explain why he is running a race few believe he can win.

From The Daily Beast

On Friday afternoon, one Labrador aide told the Daily Beast that this time is different.

From The Daily Beast

Raul Labrador has almost no experience in Congress and a mutinous habit.

From The Daily Beast

“I was stunned when Eric Cantor lost his primary election,” Labrador said in a statement today.

From The Daily Beast

He coasted Greenland and Labrador, and returned with 200 tons of glittering stones and sand, which he had mistaken for gold ore.

From Project Gutenberg

A heavy gale on the coast of Labrador, when of a fleet of 30 vessels, 29 were driven on shore and lost.

From Project Gutenberg

Has been on a cod-fisher up to the Banks; also on a sealer off Labrador.

From Project Gutenberg

It is a high, bold promontory of the south main of Labrador.

From Project Gutenberg

We knew that it was to urge us to allow them to depart southward into Labrador.

From Project Gutenberg