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Québec

/ke.bɛk/

proper noun/ke.bɛk/

Quebec (a province in eastern Canada); Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)

Québec a annoncé de nouveaux investissements en santé.Quebec City [i.e. the Quebec government] announced new funding for health.

Synonyms: Ville de Québec

Borrowed from Algonquin kepék (“(it) narrows”), originally referred to the area around Quebec City where the Saint Lawrence River narrows to a cliff-lined gap.