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nouna breed of very large heavy dogs with a thick coarse usually black coat; highly intelligent dogs and vigorous swimmers; developed in Newfoundland
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- gilbert English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)
- cabot Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498)
- newfoundland a breed of very large heavy dogs with a thick coarse usually black coat; highly intelligent dogs and vigorous swimmers; developed in Newfoundland
- labrador the mainland part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava Peninsula in northeastern Canada
- labrador-ungava 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
- humphrey gilbert English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)
- leonberg a large dog (usually with a golden coat) produced by crossing a St Bernard and a Newfoundland
- saint john's a port and provincial capital of Newfoundland
- john cabot Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498)
- 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