| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| Quebec |
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| Province in eastern Canada, bordered to the east by Newfoundland, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean); to the southeast by New Brunswick and several states of the United States; to the southwest by Ontario; to the west by Ontario and Hudson Bay; and to the north by islands of the Northwest Territories. Its capital is Quebec City, and its largest city is Montreal. | 1 |
| ‡ A French colony from 1663 to 1759, Quebec was then lost to the British. | 2 |
| ‡ It is Canada’s largest province in area and second largest in population, after Ontario. | 3 |
| ‡ With French as its official language, Quebec has experienced tensions between its majority French and minority English cultures. | 4 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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