Newfoundland
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Newfoundlands
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a large island in E Canada. 42,734 sq. mi. (110,680 sq. km).
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a province in E Canada, composed of Newfoundland island and Labrador. 155,364 sq. mi. (402,390 sq. km). St. John's.
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one of a breed of large, powerful dogs having a dense, oily, usually black coat, raised originally in Newfoundland.
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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)
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the former name for Newfoundland and Labrador
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a very large heavy breed of dog similar to a Saint Bernard with a flat coarse usually black coat
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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.
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The Atlantic puffin isn’t endangered—Iceland, Norway and Newfoundland are collectively home to millions of the birds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 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
Pike was driving an unmarked Avon and Somerset Police car during a pursuit when the vehicle he was chasing collided with Johnson's car in Newfoundland Circus.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
The research team, which included scientists from UTS and Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada, focused on compounds known as "mitochondrial uncouplers."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026
The Norse sagas describe attacks on their Vinland camp by people termed Skraelings, evidently either Newfoundland Indians or Dorset Eskimos.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Newfoundlands are naturally strong swimmers and Bilbo was trained to swim out to anyone in difficulties carrying a rope attached to a harness.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2015
“It doesn’t easily come off paint on the walls,” said a breeder of Newfoundlands at the show.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2015
The two slobbering Newfoundlands are named Newsome and Winslow, after two Cleveland Browns tight ends.
From BusinessWeek ● May 29, 2014
Other breeds that have haunted the popular imagination in the past include mastiffs and Newfoundlands.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2013
Our pointers and Newfoundlands do not closely resemble any native dog now found in the countries whence they were brought.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Charles Darwin
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