Quebec

[kwi-bek, ki-]

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.

Quebec

/ 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

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.

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

Parent believes standards in Quebec and Ontario could present a better model.

From Los Angeles Times

But at the time, the smaller geographical reach of the shaking around Santa Barbara led some to argue that, essentially, earthquakes were a bigger problem for Quebec than Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times

Heat warnings are in effect from the US Midwest to the East Coast, as well as in parts of Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia in Canada, impacting more than 160 million people through the week.

From BBC

At the airport, the Queen was given a bouquet of flowers and she and the King were greeted by school groups from the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

From BBC

In one example, he replaced two artworks by a Quebec painter with a portrait of the Queen.

From BBC