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From French Québec , from Algonquin kepék ( “ (it) narrows ” ) . Cognate with Mi'kmaq gepe'g ( “ plug ” ) , and Mi'kmaq Kepinkek . 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.
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Quebec (usually uncountable , plural Quebecs )
A province in eastern Canada .
1996 , Eldon Black , “Prologue: 1960-1967 ”, in Direct Intervention: Canada-France Relations, 1967-1974 [1] , 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.
The capital city of the province of Quebec , Canada .
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province
Abenaki: Kephek
Antillean Creole: Kébèk m
Arabic: كِيبِك m ( kibik )
Armenian: Քվեբեկ ( Kʻvebek )
Belarusian: Квэбэ́к m ( Kvebék )
Bengali: কুইবেক ( kuibek )
Breton: Kebek
Bulgarian: Квебе́к m ( Kvebék )
Catalan: Quebec (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 魁北克 ( fui1 bak1 hak1 ) , 古壁 ( gu2 bik1 ) ( archaic ) , 魁省 ( fui1 saang2 ) ( short form )
Mandarin: 魁北克 (zh) ( Kuíběikè ) , 魁省 ( Kuí Shěng ) ( short form )
Dutch: Québec (nl)
Esperanto: Kebekio , Kebeko
Finnish: Quebec (fi)
French: Québec (fr) m
Georgian: კვებეკი ( ḳvebeḳi )
German: Québec (de) n , Quebec
Greek: Κεμπέκ (el) m ( Kempék )
Haitian Creole: Kebèk
Hebrew: קוויבק
Hindi: केबेक ( kebek )
Interlingua: Quebec
Inuktitut: ᑯᐱᐊᒃ ( kopiak ) , ᑯᐸᐃᒃ ( kopaik )
Italian: Quebec m
Japanese: ケベック (ja) ( Kebekku ) , ケベック州 ( Kebekku-shū )
Khmer: កេបិច ( keebəc )
Korean: 퀘벡 ( Kwebek )
Latin: Quebecum
Macedonian: Квебе́к m ( Kvebék )
Mongolian: Кэбэк ( Kebek )
Norman: Tchubec m
Occitan: Quebèc m
Persian: کبک (fa) ( kebek )
Polish: Quebec (pl) m
Portuguese: Quebec (pt) m , Quebeque (pt) m
Russian: Квебе́к (ru) m ( Kvebék )
Scottish Gaelic: Cuibeic , Cuebec
Serbo-Croatian: Квибек m , Kvibek m
Spanish: Quebec (es) m
Swahili: Kwebeki
Swedish: Québec (sv)
Thai: ควิเบก ( kwí-bèk )
Turkish: Kebek (tr)
Ukrainian: Квебе́к m ( Kvebék )
Vietnamese: Quê-béc
West Frisian: Kebek n
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Quebec m inan (genitive singular Quebecu )
Alternative form of Québec
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“Quebec ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science ] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk , 2024