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Que·bec

[kwi-bek, ki-] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	a province in E Canada. 6,141,491; 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. 177,082.

3.	a word used in communications to represent the letter Q.

French, Qué·bec

[key-bek] Pronunciation Key (for defs. 1, 2).

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Que·bec (kwĭ-běk') Pronunciation Key

Abbr. PQ or Que. A province of eastern Canada. It joined the confederacy in 1867. The region was first explored and claimed for France by Jacques Cartier (1534) and Samuel de Champlain (1608) and was made a royal colony, known as New France, by Louis XIV in 1663. Conflict between the French and British for control of the territory ended in 1763 when Great Britain was given sovereignty, but the French influence has remained dominant. Quebec is the capital and Montreal the largest city. Population: 7,650,000.
also Quebec City or Québec City The capital of Quebec, Canada, in the southern part of the province on the St. Lawrence River. Champlain established a colony in its Lower Town in 1608. British forces under General Wolfe defeated the French forces led by General Montcalm at the Plains of Abraham here in 1759. The city is today a popular tourist center. Population: 178,000.

Que·beck'er, Que·bec'er n.

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quebec
noun
1.	the French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec; situated on the Saint Lawrence River
2.	the largest province of Canada; a French colony from 1663 to 1759 when it was lost to the British

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Quebec

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.