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Quebec got its name from the Algonquian word Kebec, which means "where the river shortens".
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∙ 8y agoIt is an Algonquin name 'Kebec' meaning 'where the river narrows'. There is an area around Quebec where the St Lawrence river narrows through cliffs
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∙ 14y agoQuebec got its name from the Algonquian word Kebec, which means "where the river shortens".
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∙ 15y agothe algonquians named it Kebec which means '' where the river shrinks'' since the Saint-Laurent river shrinks over there it's kind of logical...
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∙ 13y agoThe name Quebec comes from the Algonquin word meaning narrow passage or strait. It originally referred to the area of Quebec City and the narrowing of the river at Cape Diamond.
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∙ 11y agoQuebec comes from the Algonquin word Kebec meaning "where the river narrows"
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What is the capital of Quebec City?
As the name implies, it is a city. Quebec city is the capital of the Province of Quebec
What is the name of the major city in Quebec?
Quebec City and/or Montreal
What is the name of the capital at the north-ouest of Quebec?
the answer is . . . Quebec city! ~Madeline1844 the answer is . . . Quebec city! ~Madeline1844
What Canadian city is the capital of a province with the same name?
Quebec (Quebec City) is the capital of the province of Quebec.
Which Canadian cities have 'city' in the name?
One is 'Quebec City', the capital city of the province of Quebec.
What was the name of Quebec city's NHL team?
It was the Quebec Nordiques....
What is the name of a Quebec City sports team?
The Quebec Nordiques were a hockey team in Quebec City in the 1970s. They moved to Denver and became the Colorado Avalanche. Quebec City's junior hockey team is the Quebec Remparts.
What are the state capitals of Quebec?
Quebec City is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec.
Quebec is a Canadian province?
Quebec is a Canadian province, and it is also the name of the capital city of the Province of Quebec.
Is Quebec a lake name?
"Quebec" is the name of one of the ten provinces of Canada, and it is also the name of the capital city of that province, usually referred to as "Quebec City" in English. The Province of Quebec was one of the original four provinces of Confederation. Quebec City was founded by Samuel de Champlain in 1608. French is the first language of most people in Quebec. I'm not familiar with any lake named "Quebec."
What is the name of the province and its capital in Canada where French is the official language?
Quebec City, Quebec.
What is a Canadian city name with exactly 3 vowels?
quebec city
