LABRADOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Labrador mean? 

• LABRADOR (noun)
  The noun LABRADOR has 1 sense:

1. the mainland part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava Peninsula in northeastern Canada

  Familiarity information: LABRADOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LABRADOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The mainland part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava Peninsula in northeastern Canada

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Holonyms ("Labrador" is a part of...):

Newfoundland and Labrador (a Canadian province on the island of Newfoundland and on the mainland along the coast of the Labrador Sea; became Canada's 10th province in 1949)

Labrador-Ungava Peninsula; Labrador Peninsula (a peninsular region of eastern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea; contains most of Quebec and the mainland part of Newfoundland and Labrador)

 Context examples 

The Labrador Retriever is a solid, muscular dog, with a short, hard, water-resistant double coat that does not have any waves.

(Labrador Retriever, NCI Thesaurus)

Mackenzie hounds, Eskimo and Labrador dogs, huskies and Malemutes—all tried it on him, and all failed.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

A province in the east of Canada, composed of Newfoundland Island and Labrador.

(Newfoundland and Labrador, NCI Thesaurus)

EXAMPLE(S): Holstein, Angora, Himalayan cat, Labrador Retriever

(Animal Breed Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)