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Québec
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Quebec Quebèc quebec Quê-béc
English
Pronunciation
en /kwɪˈbɛk/ UK,US
en /kwɪˈbɛk/ /kəˈbɛk/ /keɪˈbɛk/ Canada
en ɛk 2
Proper noun
en Quebec: en Quebec Q176.
en official federal and provincial government usage en Quebec: en Quebec Q2145.
Usage notes
This is the official spelling of the city,Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada Place names – Québec www4.rncan.gc.ca http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/EHTWR https://web.archive.org/web/20211028235550/http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/EHTWR 1. whereas for the province, according to the Canadian government, Québec is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec in Canadian English.Geographical Names of pan-Canadian significance Natural Resources Canada https://natural-resources.canada.ca/earth-sciences/geography/geographical-names-pan-canadian-significance/9232 https://web.archive.org/web/20150918231551/https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/geography/place-names/useful-material-translators/9232 1.
Derived terms
en Québecker Québécer Québécker Qué. Québec City Québecer Québecian
References
French
fr:
region Q176 fr Localisation de la province de Québec en Canada
Etymology
fr :bor alq:kepék
fr alq kepék (it) narrows, originally referred to the area around Quebec City where the Saint Lawrence River narrows to a cliff-lined gap.
Pronunciation
fr FR-Québec.ogg Quebec,Côte-Nord
fr ɛk 2
Proper noun
m
fr Quebec Q176,Q2145
fr Ville de Québec
fr by metonymy The government of the province of Quebec.
fr Québec a annoncé de nouveaux investissements en santé. Quebec City [i.e. the Quebec government] announced new funding for health.
Usage notes
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.
Derived terms
fr Action démocratique du Québec Québécois québécois québécité Sûreté du Québec province fr QC, fr Que., fr Que, fr Qc., fr Qc, fr P.Q., fr P. Q., fr PQ abbreviation
Descendants
ar كِيبِك 1
en Quebec 1
fa کبک kebek 1
pt Quebeque 1 1
German
de:Quebec
thumb|Map of Canada highlighting Quebec
Alternative forms
de Quebec
de Quebeck archaic
Pronunciation
de [keˈbɛk]
de De-Québec.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de Quebec Q176,Q2145
Italian
it:+ (provincia)
Etymology
it fr Québec.
Pronunciation
Chebéch
Proper noun
m
it Quebec Q176,Q2145
Portuguese
pt:
Proper noun
pt Quebec:
pt Quebec Q176,Q2145 ##
Romanian
Proper noun
n
ro Quebec:
ro Quebec Q176,Q2145 ##
Slovak
Alternative forms
sk Quebec
Pronunciation
kebek
Proper noun
m-in
sk Quebec Q176,Q2145
Declension
Québec Québecu Québecu Québec Québecu Québecom
References
Spanish
Proper noun
es Quebec:
es Quebec Q176,Q2145 ##