Labrador

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

Proper noun

  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.
  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.

Origin

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

Related

Newfoundland and Labrador

Derived

Lab Lab. Labrador City Labrador Current Labrador duck Labrador feldspar Labradorian labradorite Labrador jay Labrador lung Labrador Sea Labrador stone Labrador tea marsh Labrador tea Newfoundland and Labrador

Noun

  1. Ellipsis of Labrador retriever.

Forms

Labradors