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Newfoundland definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a breed of very large heavy dogs with a thick coarse usually black coat; highly intelligent dogs and vigorous swimmers; developed in Newfoundland [syn: Newfoundland, Newfoundland dog]
2: an island in the north Atlantic

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Newfoundland, Canada Date: 1773 any of a breed of very large heavy highly intelligent black, black-and-white, brown, or gray dogs having a thick coat and probably developed in Newfoundland II. geographical name island Canada in the Atlantic E of Gulf of St. Lawrence area 43,359 square miles (112,300 square kilometers) • Newfoundlander noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (in full Newfoundland dog) 1 a dog of a very large breed with a thick coarse coat. 2 this breed. Etymology: the name of a Canadian province, an island at the mouth of the St Lawrence river

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Newfoundland New"found*land` (?, often ?), n. 1. An island on the coast of British North America, famed for the fishing grounds in its vicinity. 2. A Newfoundland dog. --Tennyson. Newfoundland dog (Zo["o]l.), a breed of large dogs, with shaggy hair, which originated in Newfoundland, noted for intelligence, docility, and swimming powers.