Quito

Quito

Meaning

  1. The capital city of Ecuador.
  2. The capital of Pichincha province, Ecuador
  3. A canton (Quito Canton) in Pichincha province, Ecuador.
  4. (historical) A historical province of colonial South America, corresponding to present-day Ecuador.

Synonyms

capital of Ecuador

Translations

Quito

Quito

Quito

كيتو

Quito

Κίτο

Quito

Quito

San Francisco de Quito

Quito

Quitum

Frequency

48k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkitoʊ/
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."

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