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Quebec in British English
(kwɪˈbɛk, kə-, 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: 7 903 001 (2011). Area: 1 540 680 sq km (594 860 sqmiles)
French name: Québec. Abbreviation: PQ2.
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: 516 622 (2011)
3. communications
a code word for the letter q
Quebec in American English
(kwɪˈbɛk)
1.
province of E Canada, between Hudson Bay & the Gulf of St. Lawrence: 594,860 sq mi (1,540,681 sq km); pop. 7,139,000
abbrev. QC or Que2.
capital of this province: seaport on the St. Lawrence River: pop. 167,000 (met. area, 672,000)
: also Quebec City, Fr. name Quéˈbec (keɪˈbɛk) Derived forms
Quebecer (Queˈbecer) noun or Queˈbecker
Word origin
Fr, earlier Quebecq, Kébec, prob. < Algonquian name of region where the city was builtImage ofQuebec
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