A large province in eastern Canada, where French is the main language; it is also the name of its capital city, Quebec City.
From an Algonquian word, likely *kebec* meaning 'where the river narrows', describing a narrow part of the Saint Lawrence River. French settlers adopted the Indigenous name for the area.
Quebec is a piece of French‑speaking Europe sitting inside North America, which shapes its politics, culture, and identity. In radio and NATO spelling, 'Quebec' is also the code word for the letter Q, so pilots and soldiers say it constantly.
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