Quebec

• quebec

From English Quebec.

• IPA^(key): [keˈbɛk][1]

Quebec

1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO phonetic alphabet clear code for the letter Q.
2. (nautical) Signal flag for the letter Q.
3. (time zone) UTC−04:00

• Québec (official)

From French Québec, from Algonquin kepék (“(it) narrows”), from Proto-Algonquian *kepeškawewa ("to block"). Cognate with Mi'kmaq gepe'g (“plug”), and Mi'kmaq Kepinkek [Kepenkeck (Obstruction) Lake]. 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.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /kwɪˈbɛk/, /kwəˈbɛk/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /kwɪˈbɛk/, /kɛˈbɛk/, /keɪˈbɛk/, /kwəˈbɛk/

• Canada

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• Rhymes: -ɛk

Quebec

1. A province in eastern Canada.
   • 1996, Black, Eldon, “Prologue: 1960-1967”, in Direct Intervention: Canada-France Relations, 1967-1974‎, Carleton University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 9:

     And of course, in July 1967 De Gaulle did come to Canada. He made his speeches in Quebec, was enthusiastically received on the Chemin du Roy, shouted “Vive le Quebec libre” in Montreal and, on learning of the reaction of the Canadian government, returned to Paris without going to Ottawa.

2. The capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada.

• (Capital city of Quebec): Quebec City, Québec City

• (province): QC, Que., Que, Qc., Qc, P.Q., P. Q., PQ (abbreviation)
• Quebexican

• Quebecer, Quebecker
• Quebecian
• Quebecism
• Quebecois, Québécois

Proto-Algonquian dictionary

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kəˈbɛk/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /keˈbɛk/

Quebec m

1. Quebec (a province of Canada)
2. Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)

• quebequès

From French Québec, from Algonquin kepék.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkebek/, [ˈk̟e̞be̞k]

Quebec

1. Quebec (a province of Canada)
2. Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)

• When written:

• When spoken:

Unadapted borrowing from English Quebec, from French Québec, from Algonquin kepék.

• IPA^(key): /kɛˈbɛk/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛbɛk
• Syllabification: Que‧bec

Quebec m inan

1. Quebec (a province of Canada)
2. Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)

• Quebec in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Quebec in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French Québec.

Quebec m

1. Alternative form of Quebeque

• IPA^(key): [ˈkvibek]

Quebec m inan (genitive singular Quebecu)

1. Alternative form of Québec

• Quebec in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

• Québec

• IPA^(key): /keˈbek/ [keˈβ̞ek]
• Rhymes: -ek
• Syllabification: Que‧bec

Quebec m

1. Quebec (a province of Canada)
2. Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)