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782 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

QE: abbreviation of Querétaro: a state of Mexico
QR: initialism of Quintana Roo: a state of Mexico
Qatar: superseded spelling of Catar, deprecated in 2010 by the Royal Spanish Academy; misspelling of Catar
Qro.: abbreviation of Querétaro: a state of Mexico
Quebec: Quebec (a province in eastern Canada); Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)
Quechajaja: Quechajaja (a mountain in Cuzco, Peru)
Queensland: Queensland (a state of Australia, located in the northeastern part of the continent; a former British colony from 1859 to 1901)
Queequeg: a fictional character in American author Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick
Quelepa: a town in San Miguel department, El Salvador
Quellón: a town in Chiloé, Los Lagos region, Chile
Quemoy: a county of Fuchien, Republic of China (Taiwan); an island of Quemoy, Fuchien, Republic of China (Taiwan).
Querales: a surname
Querubín: a surname
Querétaro: Querétaro (a state of Mexico; capital and largest city: Querétaro); Querétaro (the state capital, the largest city in Querétaro, Mexico)
Quesada: a surname
Quetzalcóatl: Quetzalcoatl
Quetzaltenango: Quetzaltenango (a city and municipality, the capital of Quetzaltenango department, Guatemala); Quetzaltenango (a department of Guatemala)
Quevedo: a surname
Quezada: a surname
Quezaltepeque: a town in La Libertad department, El Salvador
Quezon: a surname from Hokkien, originally of Chinese origin common with Filipinos of Chinese ancestry; Manuel Quezon (2nd president of the Philippines); a province of Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines; Former name: Tayabas; capital and largest city: Lucena.; several locations in the Philippines:
Quibdó: Quibdó (a city, a municipality, the capital of Chocó department, Colombia)
Quica: a diminutive of the female given name Francisca
Quiché: K'iche' (a department of Guatemala)
Quico: a diminutive of the male given name Federico; a diminutive of the male given name Francisco
Quijada: a surname
Quijano: a locality in Cantabria, Spain; a toponymic surname
Quijote: Don Quixote (the novel)
Quilicura: Quilicura
Quillota: Quillota (a commune and city in Quillota, Chile); a province of Chile; a department of Chile
Quilmes: Quilmes (a city in Buenos Aires province, Argentina)
Quinchao: a department of Chile
Quindío: Quindío (a river in Colombia); Quindío (a department of Colombia)
Quinta Región: alternative spelling of V Región
Quinta de Tilcoco: Quinta de Tilcoco (a city in Chile)
Quintana: a surname
Quintana Roo: Quintana Roo (a state of Mexico; capital: Chetumal; largest city: Cancún)
Quintanar: a surname
Quintanilla: a surname
Quintero: a surname
Quinteros: a surname
Quintín: a male given name, equivalent to English Quentin
Quique: a diminutive of the male given name Enrique, equivalent to English Hank, Harry, or Hal
Quirino: a male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Quirina; Quirino
Quiroga: a surname from Galician
Quiros: a surname
Quirós: Quirós (a municipality in western Asturias); a surname
Quispe: a surname from Quechua
Quiteria: a female given name
Quito: Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)
Quito: a surname
Quiñones: a surname
Quiñónez: a surname, a primarily Latin American variant of Quiñones
Quíos: Chios (an island of Greece)
q: abbreviation of que (“that”); abbreviation of qué (“what”)
q. b. s. m.: abbreviation of que besa su mano (“kissing your hand”)
q. b. s. p.: abbreviation of que besa sus pies (“kissing your feet”)
q. e. p. d.: initialism of que en paz descanse (“R.I.P.”)
ql: abbreviation of culiao
qlo: abbreviation of culo (ass)