Quesnel or Quesnell means "little oak" in the
Picard dialect of
French
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* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
. It is used as a proper name and may refer to:
Places
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Le Quesnel
Le Quesnel () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
The commune is situated at the D161 and D41 crossroads, some southeast of Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city ...
, a commune the Somme department in France
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Quesnel, British Columbia, a city in British Columbia, Canada
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Quesnel Forks, British Columbia
Quesnel Forks, historically Quesnelle Forks, also simply known as "The Forks" or grandly known as "Quesnel City" is a ghost town in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located the junction of the Quesnel and Cariboo Rivers and i ...
, a ghost town in British Columbia, Canada
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Quesnell Heights, Edmonton
Quesnell Heights is a neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is bounded by the Rio Terrace neighbourhood across 149 Street to the west, Whitemud Drive to the north and east, the North Saskatchewan River valley to the south, Quesnell ...
, a neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Geographical features
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Quesnel Lake
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Quesnel River
The Quesnel River is a major tributary of the Fraser River in the Cariboo District of central British Columbia. It begins at the outflow of Quesnel Lake, at the town of Likely, British Columbia, Likely and flows for about northwest to its conflu ...
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Quesnel Highland
People
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Adam Quesnell
Adam Quesnell is an American stand-up comedian and screenwriter from Fargo, North Dakota now living in Los Angeles.
Quesnell has released two comedy albums on Stand Up! Records, 2014's ''Can We Afford This Much Despair?'' and 2018's ''Despair 2: ...
, stand-up comedian
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Chantal Quesnel, Canadian actress
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Désiré Quesnel (1843–1915), French wood-engraver
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François Quesnel, 16th-century French artist
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François Jean Baptiste Quesnel (1768–1819), French general under Napoleon
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Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel, Canadian lawyer and politician
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Joseph Quesnel, Canadian operatic composer/playwright
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Jules-Maurice Quesnel, Canadian fur-trader and politician
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Pasquier Quesnel (1634–1719), French Jansenist theologian
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Peter Quesnel (or Quesuel) (d. 1299?), Franciscan
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Pierre Quesnel, 16th-century French artist, worked in Scotland
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Pooky Quesnel, born Joanna Gabrielle Quesnell, English actress
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Yannick Quesnel, French football goalkeeper
Other
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Quesnel (sternwheeler)
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Quesnell Bridge, in Edmonton AB, Canada, over North Saskatchewan River
See also
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Quensel, a superficially similar surname, but of Swedish extraction
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