newfound-landとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 new found lande (in a letter, apparently written in 1499, from Henry VII of England to his lord chancellor, Cardinal John Morton, about the North American land explored by Sebastian and John Cabot, a likely location being Newfoundland, or the name later being specifically narrowed down to it), equivalent to newfound +‎ land.

発音

• (Canada) IPA: /ˈn(j)u.fənd.lənd/, /ˌn(j)u.fəndˈlænd/
• (Canada, informal) IPA: /ˈn(j)u.fɪn.lənd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈnjuːˌfaʊnd.lənd/, /ˈnjuː.fənd.lənd/, /ˌnjuːˈfaʊnd.lənd/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈnuˌfaʊnd.lənd/, /ˈnu.fənd.lənd/
• In all accents, /lænd/ is possible instead of the reduced /lənd/.

固有名詞

Newfoundland

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. (historical) Former name of Newfoundland and Labrador.
3. (informal) Ellipsis of Newfoundland and Labrador.
   • 2013 July 22, “Septuagenarian Superhero? Man Lifts Car Off Son-In-Law”, in NPR‎, archived from the original on 28 April 2024:

     Cecil Stuckless was fixing a Jeep in Salvage, Newfoundland with his son-in-law, who was working under the car.

4. (historical) A former North American constituent country of the British Empire; in full, Dominion of Newfoundland.
5. (historical) A former North American colony of the British Empire; in full, Colony of Newfoundland.

同意語

派生語

名詞

Newfoundland (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.
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 311:

     The younger, a frank, bold, bright-eyed child, was mounted on a large Newfoundland dog, whose impatience the elder brother was trying to soothe.

同意語

• Newf

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