Québec

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

Québec

1. Alternative form of Quebec
2. Quebec City (official federal and provincial government usage)

From Algonquin kepék (“(it) narrows”), originally referred to the area around Quebec City where the Saint Lawrence River narrows to a cliff-lined gap.

• IPA^(key): /ke.bɛk/

• Audio (Côte-Nord, Quebec)

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• Rhymes: -ɛk

Québec m

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

   Synonym: Ville de Québec

   1. (by metonymy) The government of the province of Quebec.

      Québec a annoncé de nouvelles investissements en santé.

      Quebec City [i.e. the Quebec government] announced new funding for health.

The name of the city does not take a definite article: Québec, de Québec, à Québec. This is also true when the name of the city is used as a metonymy for the government of the province. The name of the province does take an article: le Québec, au Québec, du Québec, except in the expression Province de Québec.

• Action démocratique du Québec
• Québécois
• québécois
• québécité
• Sûreté du Québec
• (province): QC, Que., Que, Qc., Qc, P.Q., P. Q., PQ (abbreviation)

• English: Quebec
• → Portuguese: Quebeque, Quebec

• IPA^(key): [keˈbɛk]

• Audio

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Québec n (proper noun, genitive Québecs or (optionally with an article) Québec)

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

Québec ?

1. Alternative form of Quebec

Québec

1. Alternative form of Quebec

Québec n

1. Alternative form of Quebec

• Quebec

• IPA^(key): [ˈkebek]

Québec m (genitive singular Québecu)

1. Quebec (a province of Canada)

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

Québec ?

1. Alternative form of Quebec