Labrador

See also: labrador

English

Wikipedia

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 tea
• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Lab , Lab. (abbreviation)

Translations

Mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador

• Macedonian: Лабрадор m (Labrádor)
• Russian: Лабрадор m (Labradór)

• Spanish: Labrador m

Mainly historical geographical region

• Macedonian: Лабрадор m (Labrádor)

• Spanish: Labrador m

Dog breed

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

• Portuguese: labrador
• Russian: лабрадор m (labradór)
• Spanish: labrador (es) m, f

See also

• Newfoundland and Labrador

External links

• Wikipedia article on Newfoundland and Labrador

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