Labrador
pronunciation
How to pronounce Labrador in British English:
UK [ˈlæbrədɔ:(r)]
How to pronounce Labrador in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- the mainland part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava Peninsula in northeastern Canada
Word Origin
- Labrador
- large province of eastern Canada, probably from Portuguese lavrador "landholder," perhaps in reference to 15c. Portuguese explorer Joao Fernandes, a landholder in the Azores. The name was first applied to Greenland. The breed of retriever dog so called from 1815. Related: Labradorian.
Example
- 1. But the labrador retriever 's long run at the top may not last too much longer .
- 2. In the northwestern atlantic , as the cold labrador current interacts with the warm gulf stream , eddies form .
- 3. Bolton recalls disagreeing with his wife about whether to bring merlin , their chocolate labrador , to hong kong .
- 4. From greenland , the surviving icebergs eventually drift southward via the labrador current into the northwestern atlantic ocean .
- 5. In 2009 they moved into a union square apartment together , with grace , bridget 's labrador retriever .