Labrador

See also: labrador

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlæb.ɹə.dɔː(ɹ)/

Proper noun

Labrador

1. The mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, in Eastern Canada.
2. (chiefly historical) The geographical region including Labrador in sense 1, as well as neighbouring regions of what is now the province of Quebec.
3. An abbreviated form of the dog breed name Labrador retriever.

Derived terms

• Labradorian
• Labrador duck
• Labrador feldspar
• Labrador lung
• Labrador tea
• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Lab, Lab. (abbreviation)

Translations

Mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 拉布拉多 (laai¹ bou³ laai¹ do¹)

  Mandarin: 拉布拉多 (zh) (Lābùlāduō)

• Greek: Λαμπραντόρ n (Lamprantór)

• Macedonian: Лабрадор m (Labrádor)
• Portuguese: Labrador m
• Russian: Лабрадо́р (ru) m (Labradór)
• Spanish: Labrador m

Mainly historical geographical region

• Macedonian: Лабрадор m (Labrádor)

• Spanish: Labrador m

Dog breed

• Danish: labrador
• Hebrew: לַבְּרָדוֹר‏‎ (he) m (labrador)
• Lithuanian: labradoro retriveris m
• Macedonian: лабрадор m (labrádor)

• Portuguese: labrador (pt)
• Russian: лабрадо́р (ru) m (labradór)
• Spanish: labrador (es) m, f

See also

• Newfoundland and Labrador

Further reading

• Wikipedia article on Newfoundland and Labrador

Anagrams

• larboard

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English Labrador, from Portuguese Lavrador (“João Fernandes Lavrador, Portuguese explorer”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌla.bɾa.ˈdoʁ/
• Homophone: labrador

Proper noun

Labrador m

1. Labrador (mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador)

Noun

Labrador m (plural Labradores)

1. Alternative letter-case form of labrador

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Spanish

Proper noun

Labrador m

1. Labrador (mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador)