English Explanatory Dictionary

Quebec

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Quebec City. Largest city: Montreal.
  2. The capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada.
  3. Other places elsewhere:
  4. A village in the town of Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Sweet Grass County, Montana, United States.
  6. A small village in Esh parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1843).
  7. A hamlet in Harting parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU7821).
  8. A surname from French.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Quebec from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

Pronunciation

/kwɪˈbɛk/ /kwəˈbɛk/ /kəˈbɛk/ /kɛˈbɛk/ /keɪˈbɛk/ En-ca-Quebec.oga

Word forms

Quebec Quebecs Québec Kebec

Etymology

From French Québec, from Algonquin kepék (“(it) narrows”). Cognate with Mi'kmaq gepe'g (“plug”), and Mi'kmaq Kepinkek. It originally referred to the area around Quebec City where the Saint Lawrence River narrows to a cliff-lined gap. The name of the city preceded that of the province.

Synonyms

Province of Quebec Quebec City Québec City

Related words

Quebecois Québécois

Derived words

QC Que. Que Qc. P.Q. P. Q. PQ Quebecer Quebecker Quebecian Quebecism Quebecistan Quebeckish quebecol Quebec red trout Quebexican Quexit

Translations

Abenaki: Kephek Antillean Creole: Kébèk Arabic: كِيبِك Armenian: Քվեբեկ Belarusian: Квэбэ́к Bengali: কুইবেক Breton: Kebek Bulgarian: Квебе́к Catalan: Quebec Chinese Cantonese: 魁北克 Chinese Cantonese: 古壁 Chinese Cantonese: 魁省 Chinese Mandarin: 魁北克 Chinese Mandarin: 魁省 Dutch: Québec Esperanto: Kebekio Finnish: Quebec French: Québec West-Frisian: Kebek Georgian: კვებეკი German: Québec German: Quebec Greek: Κεμπέκ Haitian Creole: Kebèk Hebrew: קוויבק Hindi: केबेक Interlingua: Quebec Inuktitut: ᑯᐱᐊᒃ Inuktitut: ᑯᐸᐃᒃ Italian: Quebec Japanese: ケベック Japanese: ケベック州 Khmer: កេបិច Korean: 퀘벡 Latin: Quebecum Macedonian: Квебе́к Marathi: केबेक Marathi: क्वेबेक Mongolian: Кэбэк Norman: Tchubec Occitan: Quebèc Persian: کبک Polish: Quebec Portuguese: Quebec Portuguese: Quebeque Russian: Квебе́к Scottish Gaelic: Cuibeic Scottish Gaelic: Cuebec Serbo-Croatian: Квибек Serbo-Croatian: Kvibek
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