Newfoundland

[noo-fuhn-luhnd, -land, -fuhnd-, nyoo-, noo-found-luhnd, nyoo-]

noun

1. a large island in E Canada. 42,734 sq. mi. (110,680 sq. km).

2. a province in E Canada, composed of Newfoundland island and Labrador. 155,364 sq. mi. (402,390 sq. km). St. John's.

3. one of a breed of large, powerful dogs having a dense, oily, usually black coat, raised originally in Newfoundland.

Newfoundland

/ -ˌlænd, -fənlənd, ˈnjuːfəndlənd, njuːˈfaʊndlənd /

noun

1. an island of E Canada, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Belle Isle: with the Coast of Labrador, forms the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; consists of a rugged plateau with the Long Range Mountains in the west. Area: 110 681 sq km (42 734 sq miles)

2. the former name for Newfoundland and Labrador

3. a very large heavy breed of dog similar to a Saint Bernard with a flat coarse usually black coat

Newfoundland

1. Province in eastern Canada consisting of the island of Newfoundland, the mainland area of Labrador, and their adjacent islands. St. John's is its capital and largest city.

It was the first overseas possession of England; fishing settlements began in the sixteenth century.

Newfoundland became Canada's tenth province in 1949. The remains of possible Viking settlements have been found in Newfoundland.

Example Sentences

On Wednesday, the province of Newfoundland and Labrador banned off-road vehicles in forested areas until at least next week.

From BBC

Out east, a fire that began on Monday on the Bonavista peninsula in Newfoundland doubled in size overnight, destroying several cabins near Chance Harbour, CBC News reported.

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John Jamieson, a professor at Canada's Memorial University in Newfoundland, shows us volcanic rocks extracted from the vents.

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Andrew Furey, premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, acknowledged that the 30 days had brought some relief, but warned Canadians that a trade war still loomed.

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Trudeau and the premiers of Ontario, Quebec, and Newfoundland are among those open to either imposing counter tariffs on energy or cutting off energy exports to the US.

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