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LABRADOR PENINSULA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Labrador-Ungava Peninsula; Labrador Peninsula
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
peninsula (a large mass of land projecting into a body of water)
Meronyms (parts of "Labrador Peninsula"):
Labrador (the mainland part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava Peninsula in northeastern Canada)
Holonyms ("Labrador Peninsula" is a part of...):
Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)