Definition of "Newfoundland"

Newfoundland

/ˈnjuːˌfaʊnd.lənd/

proper noun
1. A large island off the coast of eastern Canada, which, along with Labrador, has composed the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador since 1949, and the Dominion of Newfoundland, before it.
2. A province of Canada
  1. (historical) Former name of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  2. (informal) Ellipsis of Newfoundland and Labrador.
3. (historical) Ellipsis of Dominion of Newfoundland. A former country in North America
4. (historical) Ellipsis of Colony of Newfoundland. A former colony of North America, of British North America, British Empire, United Kingdom
noun
plural Newfoundlands
1. A very large breed of working dog from Newfoundland, with a shaggy, usually black coat, known for its water rescue ability, strength, and gentle disposition.
  Quotations
  The younger, a frank, bold, bright-eyed child, was mounted on a large Newfoundland dog, whose impatience the elder brother was trying to soothe.
  1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], page 311