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Québec

UK/kwɪˈbɛk/

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Canada/kwɪˈbɛk/

Québec is the alternative form of Quebec.

Québec is the alternative form of Quebec: The capital city of the province of Quebec.

Meaning of Quebec

Proper noun

Quebec (usually uncountable, plural Quebecs)

  1. (usually) A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Quebec City. Largest city: Montreal.
    • 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.1996, Eldon Black, “Prologue: 1960-1967”, in Direct Intervention: Canada-France Relations, 1967-1974, Carleton University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 9
  2. (usually) The capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada.
  3. (usually) A village in the town of Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut, United States.
  4. (usually) An unincorporated community in Sweet Grass County, Montana, United States.
  5. (usually) A small village in Esh parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1843).
  6. (usually) A hamlet in Harting parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU7821).

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Words formed from Québec

Phrases with Québec

Words that rhyme with Québec

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Questions about Québec

What is Québec the alternative form of?
Québec is the alternative form of Quebec.
How do you pronounce Québec?
Québec is pronounced /kwɪˈbɛk/ (UK).

Words near Québec in the dictionary

  1. quæstioning
  2. quæstions
  3. quæstor
  4. quæstors
  5. Qué.
  6. Québec
  7. Québec City
  8. Québecer
  9. Québecers
  10. Québecian
  11. Québecker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Québec (page history and authors); Quebec (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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