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

But outside of a few European countries and Quebec, this leave is usually two weeks or less and usually unpaid.

From The Daily Beast

Earlier this week, Martin Rouleau-Couture ran his car into two Canadian soldiers in Quebec, killing one and wounding another.

From The Daily Beast

Rouleau-Couture and Zehaf-Bibeau were both reportedly born in Canada and lived in Quebec before recently converting to Islam.

From The Daily Beast

But he appears to have been a 32-year-old native of Quebec with a history of legal troubles that predate his radicalization.

From The Daily Beast

“The same way France, Denmark, and Quebec do it: by legislating an official language,” Avishai explained.

From The Daily Beast

In 1617, he returned to Canada with his family, at Champlain's request, as one of the latter's colonists at Quebec.

From Project Gutenberg

The Italian ecclesiastic Gavazzi, lectured at Quebec, and gave rise to a riot.

From Project Gutenberg

The first case of cholera asphixia in America occurred on this day at Quebec.

From Project Gutenberg

During the week closing with this day, 21,297 immigrants arrived at the port of Quebec, Lower Canada.

From Project Gutenberg

The Quebec bridge (fig. 25) over the St Lawrence, which collapsed while in course of construction in 1907.

From Project Gutenberg