| quebec | 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. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| quebec group | <geology> The middle of the three groups into which the rocks of the Canadian period have been divided in the American Lower Silurian system. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |