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Newfoundland


(NOOH-fuhn-luhnd, NOOH-fuhn-land) Province in eastern Canada consisting of the island of Newfoundland, the mainland area of Labrador, and their adjacent islands. St. John’s is its capital and largest city.	1
‡ Newfoundland became Canada’s tenth province in 1949. The remains of possible Viking settlements have been found in Newfoundland.	2
‡ It was the first overseas possession of England; fishing settlements began in the sixteenth century.	3

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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