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.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.bʁa.dɔʁ/

Proper noun

Labrador

  1. Labrador, the mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador).
  2. (chiefly historical) Labrador, the area of the Atlantic watershed of the Quebec peninsula, bounded to the south by the watershed of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, to the north by the watershed of Ungava Bay, to the west by the watershed of Hudson Bay
  3. Labrador, a breed of dog.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Labrador, from Portuguese Lavrador (João Fernandes Lavrador, Portuguese explorer).

Pronunciation

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

Spanish

Proper noun

Labrador m

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