Quebec

American  

[kwi-bek, ki-] / kwɪˈbɛk, kɪ- /

noun

1. Formerly Lower Canada.  a province in eastern Canada. 594,860 sq. mi. (1,540,685 sq. km).

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.

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Quebec British  

/ kə-, kwɪˈbɛk, kɛ- /

noun

1.  PQ.  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)

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

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Quebec Cultural  

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.

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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

The selloff in copper and precious-metals futures dragged down shares in Arizona mining firms, the world’s largest gold producer and a silver company with assets stretching from Alaska to Quebec.

From The Wall Street Journal

And it is in his childhood province of Quebec that up to 75% of the world’s syrup supply is made.

From The Wall Street Journal

Homer found inspiration in many locations, and “Of Light and Air” follows him from Gloucester to Quebec; from coastal England to Prouts Neck, Maine; from Florida and the Caribbean to the Adirondacks.

From The Wall Street Journal

In March 1989 the Canadian province of Quebec was hit by a power cut caused by space weather with millions left without power and heat for nine hours.

From BBC

More recent events were recorded in 1989, when a part of Quebec's power grid was knocked out, leaving six million people without power for nine hours.

From BBC