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Translingual
Symbol
BQ
- (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Caribbean Netherlands since 2010.
- Synonym: BES (alpha-3)
- (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the British Antarctic Territory from 1974 to 1979.
- Synonym: ATB (alpha-3)
Usage notes
In relation to its use for the British Antarctic Territory, the code was deprecated in favour of AQ, the code for Antarctica.
English
Noun
BQ (plural BQs)
- (running) Boston qualifier (a time which qualifies a runner for Boston Marathon).
Proper noun
BQ
- (Canadian politics) Initialism of Bloc Quebecois: a political party of Canada.
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French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
BQ m
- (initialism, Canada, politics) Bloc Québécois—a political party of Canada
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