Quebecker

1. province of E Canada, between Hudson Bay & the Gulf of St. Lawrence: 594,860 sq mi (1,540,681 sq km); pop. 7,139,000: abbrev. QC or Que
2. capital of this province: seaport on the St. Lawrence River: pop. 167,000 (met. area, 672,000)

   also Quebec City Fr. name

Origin: Fr, earlier Quebecq, Kébec, prob. < Algonquian name of region where the city was built