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"text": "And of course, in July 1967 De Gaulle did come to Canada. He made his speeches in Quebec, was enthusiastically received on the Chemin du Roy, shouted “Vive le Quebec libre” in Montreal and, on learning of the reaction of the Canadian government, returned to Paris without going to Ottawa.",
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"code": "yue",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "ht",
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"sense": "province",
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"code": "he",
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"code": "th",
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{
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "vi",
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{
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"code": "yue",
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"code": "yue",
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"code": "eo",
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{
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"code": "oc",
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{
"code": "gd",
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{
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"sense": "city",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Quebec"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "city",
"word": "Québec"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kwí-bèk",
"sense": "city",
"word": "ควิเบก"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Kvebék",
"sense": "city",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Квебе́к"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "city",
"word": "Quê-béc"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Quebec",
"en:Quebec City",
"en:Saint Lawrence River"
],
"word": "Quebec"
}
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