Québec

Usage notes
This is the official spelling of the city. Whereas for the province, according to the Canadian government, Québec is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec in Canadian English.

Etymology
, originally referred to the area around where the Saint Lawrence River narrows to a cliff-lined gap.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The government of the province of Quebec.
 * 1)  The government of the province of Quebec.
 * 1)  The government of the province of Quebec.
 * 1)  The government of the province of Quebec.

Usage notes
The name of the city does not take a definite article: Québec, de Québec, à Québec. This is also true when the name of the city is used as a metonymy for the government of the province. The name of the province does take an article: le Québec, au Québec, du Québec, except in the expression Province de Québec.