QUEBEC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Quebec mean? 

• QUEBEC (noun)
  The noun QUEBEC has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: QUEBEC used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUEBEC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec; situated on the Saint Lawrence River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Quebec; Quebec City

Instance hypernyms:

provincial capital (the capital city of a province)

Meronyms (parts of "Quebec"):

Pierre Laporte Bridge (a suspension bridge across the Saint Lawrence River at Quebec)

Quebec Bridge (a cantilever bridge in Quebec)

Holonyms ("Quebec" is a part of...):

Quebec (the largest province of Canada; a French colony from 1663 to 1759 when it was lost to the British)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The largest province of Canada; a French colony from 1663 to 1759 when it was lost to the British

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

Canadian province (Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes)

Meronyms (parts of "Quebec"):

Quebec; Quebec City (the French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec; situated on the Saint Lawrence River)

Montreal (a city in southern Quebec province on the Saint Lawrence River; the largest city in Quebec and 2nd largest in Canada; the 2nd largest French-speaking city in the world)

James Bay (the southern extension of Hudson Bay in Canada between western Quebec and northeastern Ontario)

Champlain; Lake Champlain (a lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and southern Quebec; site of many battles in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812)

Holonyms ("Quebec" is a part of...):

Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)

 Context examples 

How about flying to Paris? Or in Italy, Venice, Sienna, or Rome? In the US, Carmel-by-the-Sea or Santa Barbara? In Spain, Seville, or in Canada, Victoria or Quebec City?

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

In the study, researchers tracked more than 3,500 white-collar employees at three public institutions in Quebec over a five-year period.

(High Blood Pressure Liked to Long Hours on Job, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A province in east-central Canada bordered by Quebec to the east and Manitoba to the west.

(Ontario, NCI Thesaurus)

Tiny filaments and tubes formed by bacteria that lived on iron were found encased in quartz layers in the Nuvvuagittuq Supracrustal Belt (NSB), Quebec, Canada.

(World's Oldest Fossils Unearthed, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)