Quito

quito quitó English Etymology en es Quito. Named after the Quitu tribe. The name is a combination of two en cof - words: cof quitso center + cof to the world; roughly translating as "center of the world." Pronunciation en /ˈkitoʊ/ GA en /ˈkiːtəʊ/ RP kē′tōQuito 1546 1Qui·to 636 2 en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Quito.wav Southern England en keto en iːtəʊ 2 Proper noun en Q2900en capital city c/Ecuador. en Chris Stein ICE thwarted from entering Ecuador’s consulate in Minneapolis by employee w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/28/ice-ecuador-consulate-minneapolis 2026-01-28 An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent attempted to enter Ecuador’s consulate in Minneapolis, but was turned back by an employee, prompting an official complaint to the US embassy in Quito, the country’s foreign ministry said. https://web.archive.org/web/20260129002346/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/28/ice-ecuador-consulate-minneapolis en metonym The Ecuadorian government. en capital p:suf/Pichincha c/Ecuador en can (Quito Canton) in p:suf/Pichincha c/Ecuador. en historical en A <<historical province>> of colonial <<cont/South America>>, corresponding to present-day Ecuador. en Edwin Williamson The Penguin history of Latin America 1992 Penguin Books London; New York 978-0-14-012559-7 27 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780140125597/page/27/mode/1up The conquest of the northern provinces of Quito was undertaken by one of Pizarro’s lieutenants, Sebastian de Benalcazar. Translations capital of Ecuador Arabic: ar كِيتُو f Armenian: hy Կիտո Asturian: ast Quitu Belarusian: be Кі́та m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 基多 Jīduō Czech: cs Quito n Danish: da Quito Dutch: nl Quito n Finnish: fi Quito French: fr Quito m Georgian: ka კიტო German: de Quito n Greek: el Κίτο n Hebrew: he קִיטוֹ f kito Hindi: hi कीटो Irish: ga Caíteo m Japanese: ja キト Kito Khmer: km គីតូ Korean: ko ^키토 Macedonian: mk Ки́то m Persian: fa کیتو kito Polish: pl Quito n Portuguese: pt Quito f Quechua: qu Kitu Russian: ru Ки́то m Spanish: es Quito m Tagalog: tl Kito Thai: th กีโต Ukrainian: uk Кі́то n Vietnamese: vi Ki-tô References Further reading Capello, Ernesto (2011): City at the Center of the World: Space, History, and Modernity in Quito Anagrams en ioqtu quoit toqui Central Nahuatl Proper noun nhn proper noun nhn Quito Q2900 Czech cs: Pronunciation Kito Proper noun n quitský cs Quito Q2900 Declension n.sg Further reading French Etymology fr es Quito. Named after the Quitu tribe. The name is a combination of two fr cof - words: cof quitso center + cof to the world; roughly translating as "center of the world." Pronunciation Proper noun f fr Quito Q2900 Polish pl: Pronunciation Kwito LL-Q809 (pol)-Jest Spoczko-Quito.wav Qui.to Proper noun n yes pl Quito Q2900 References Portuguese Etymology pt es Quito. Named after the Quitu tribe. The name is a combination of two pt cof - words: cof quitso center + cof to the world; roughly translating as "center of the world." Pronunciation pt itu 2 pt quito pt Qui to Proper noun pt Quito Q2900 Slovak Pronunciation kito Proper noun n Quita mesto sk Quito Q2900 References Spanish es: Etymology Named after the Quitu tribe. The name is a combination of two es cof - words: cof quitso center + cof to the world; roughly translating as "center of the world." Pronunciation Proper noun m es Quito Q2900 Derived terms es quiteño Proper noun mfbysense es Swedish Pronunciation sv /ˈkiːtʊ/ Proper noun sv Quito Q2900