Ua hoʻokumu ʻia kēia ʻano ma ka mokupuni ʻo Newfoundland a ulu mai nā ʻīlio maoli a me ka ʻīlio bea ʻeleʻele nui i hoʻolauna ʻia e ka Vikings ma hope o ka makahiki 1100. Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana mai o ka poʻe lawaiʻa ʻEulopa, ua komo nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole i ka hana ʻana a me ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻana o ka pua, akā mau nā ʻano mea nui. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka noho ʻana o ka mokupuni i ka makahiki 1610, ua loaʻa iā Newfoundland kona ʻano morphology a me kona ʻano ʻano. Ua ʻae kēia mau ʻano iā ia e hoʻomanawanui i ke ʻano ʻino loa o ka ʻāina i ka huki ʻana i nā ukana kaumaha a me ka pale ʻana i nā pōʻino o ke kai ma ke ʻano he ʻīlio wai a hoʻopakele. He nui ka Newfoundland a he kino ikaika kona kino; ua hoʻohui maikaʻi ʻia ke kaʻina o kāna mau neʻe.
Ma lalo ʻoe e ʻike ai i nā peʻa ʻīlio maikaʻi loa 10 Newfoundland: