Quito

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See also: quito and quitó

English

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Etymology

Named after the Quitu tribe. The name is a combination of two Tsafiki words: quitso (“center”) + to (“the world”); roughly translating as "center of the world."

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Quito

  1. The capital city of Ecuador.

Translations

References

Capello, Ernesto (2011): City at the Center of the World: Space, History, and Modernity in Quito

Anagrams

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Quito

  1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)

Czech

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Quito n (related adjective quitský)

  1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)

Declension

Declension of Quito (sg-only hard neuter)
singular
nominative Quito
genitive Quita
dative Quitu
accusative Quito
vocative Quito
locative Quitu
instrumental Quitem

Further reading

  • Quito in Internetová jazyková příručka

French

Etymology

Named after the Quitu tribe. The name is a combination of two Tsafiki words: quitso (“center”) + to (“the world”); roughly translating as "center of the world."

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Quito f

  1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Quito. Named after the Quitu tribe. The name is a combination of two Tsafiki words: quitso (“center”) + to (“the world”); roughly translating as "center of the world."

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Quito

  1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)

Slovak

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Quito n (genitive singular Quita, declension pattern of mesto)

  1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)

References

  • “Quito”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Etymology

Named after the Quitu tribe. The name is a combination of two Tsafiki words: quitso (“center”) + to (“the world”); roughly translating as "center of the world."

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkito/
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Syllabification: Qui‧to

Proper noun

Quito m

  1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)

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