English
Newfoundland and Labrador
From Newfoundland + and + Labrador, which constitute this province.
A compound of Newfoundland + and + Labrador
Middle English new found lande
English Newfoundland
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘face’
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Proto-Germanic *andi ‘in addition’
Proto-West Germanic *andi
Old English and
Middle English and ‘and’
English and
Today it means
name A province in eastern Canada; abbreviation Nfld., Nfld, NL, N.L., N. L., or NF; formerly, Newfoundland (1949–2001). Capital: St. John's.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Newfoundland and Labrador