Quebec

[ kwi-bek, ki- ]

noun

1. a province in eastern Canada. 594,860 sq. mi. (1,540,685 sq. km). formerlync Low·er Can·a·da [loh, -er].
2. a seaport in and the capital of this province, on the St. Lawrence: capital of New France from 1663 to 1759, when it was taken by the English; wartime conferences 1943, 1944.
3. a word used in communications to represent the letter Q.

Quebec

/ kə-; kwɪˈbɛk; kɛ- /

noun

1. a province of E Canada: the largest Canadian province; a French colony from 1608 to 1763, when it passed to Britain; lying mostly on the Canadian Shield, it has vast areas of forest and extensive tundra and is populated mostly in the plain around the St Lawrence River. Capital: Quebec. Pop: 7 542 760 (2004 est). Area: 1 540 680 sq km (594 860 sq miles) PQ
2. a port in E Canada, capital of the province of Quebec, situated on the St Lawrence River: founded in 1608 by Champlain; scene of the battle of the Plains of Abraham (1759), by which the British won Canada from the French. Pop: 169 076 (2001)
3. communications a code word for the letter q

Quebec

1. Province in eastern Canada , bordered to the east by Newfoundland , the Atlantic Ocean , and the Gulf of St. Lawrence (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean ); to the southeast by New Brunswick and several states of the United States; to the southwest by Ontario ; to the west by Ontario and Hudson Bay ; and to the north by islands of the Northwest Territories . Its capital is Quebec City , and its largest city is Montreal .

Notes

It is Canada's largest province in area and second largest in population, after Ontario.

With French as its official language, Quebec has experienced tensions between its majority French and minority English cultures .

A French colony from 1663 to 1759, Quebec was then lost to the British.

Example Sentences

At the time of the survey, 6.1% of kindergarten children in Quebec came from allophone families, amounting to 4,360 children.

From Science Daily

"It makes no sense that in Quebec – we are not in a movie – there is a contract placed on the head of a journalist because he does his job," he said.

From BBC

On set in Quebec, in below-freezing temperatures, she wanted to participate in every aspect of the character.

From New York Times

In 1989, a coronal mass ejection was knocked out part of Quebec's power grid for nine hours, leaving six million people without power.

From BBC

In 2022, the French-speaking province of Quebec passed legislation that ended the requirement to have elected officials take an oath to the monarchy.

From BBC