Quito

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See also: quito and quitó

English

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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. The capital city of Ecuador.
  2. (historical) A historical province of colonial South America, corresponding to present-day Ecuador.
    • 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London, New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 27:
      The conquest of the northern provinces of Quito was undertaken by one of Pizarro’s lieutenants, Sebastian de Benalcazar.

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 (relational adjective quitský)

  1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)

Declension

Further reading

French

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 f

  1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)

Polish

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Quito n (indeclinable)

  1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)

References

  • Quito in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

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)

Derived terms

Swedish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Quito

  1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)