Quebec lietuviškai

Play Quebec tarimas /kwɪˈbɛk/

Quebec vertimas

  1. kvebekas

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

  • the largest province of Canada; a French colony from 1663 to 1759 when it was lost to the British
  • the French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec; situated on the Saint Lawrence River
  • A province of eastern Canada. Its capital is Quebec. The region belonged to France from 1627 to 1763 when it was lost to the British. The name is from the Algonquian quilibek meaning the place where waters narrow, referring to the gradually narrowing channel of the St. Lawrence or to the narrows of the river at Cape Diamond. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p993&Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p440)
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