英和和英

別の表記

• Québec (see usage notes there), Kebec (archaic)

語源

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.

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA: /kwɪˈbɛk/, /kwəˈbɛk/
• (Canada) IPA: /kəˈbɛk/, /kwɪˈbɛk/, /kɛˈbɛk/, /keɪˈbɛk/, /kwəˈbɛk/
• 韻: -ɛk

固有名詞

Quebec (usually uncountable, plural Quebecs)

1. A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Quebec City. Largest city: Montreal.

   Synonym: Province of Quebec

   • 1996, Eldon Black, “Prologue: 1960-1967”, in Direct Intervention: Canada-France Relations, 1967-1974‎, 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.

2. The capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada.

   Synonyms: Quebec City, Québec City

3. Other places elsewhere:
   1. A village in the town of Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut, United States.
   2. An unincorporated community in Sweet Grass County, Montana, United States.
   3. A small village in Esh parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1843).
   4. A hamlet in Harting parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU7821).
4. A surname from French.

派生語

関連する語

• Quebecois, Québécois

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Quebec is the 125282 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 137 individuals. Quebec is most common among White (62.04%) and American Indian/Alaskan Native (27.01%) individuals.

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