Quito

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See also: quito, and quitó

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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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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Quito

  1. The capital city of Ecuador.

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References

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

Anagrams

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Central Nahuatl

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Proper noun

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Quito

  1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)

Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Quito n (related adjective quitský)

  1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Quito”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

French

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Etymology

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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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Quito f

  1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Quito n (indeclinable)

  1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)

References

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  • Quito in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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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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Quito

  1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)

Slovak

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

  1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)

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Spanish

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkito/ [ˈki.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Syllabification: Qui‧to

Proper noun

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Quito m

  1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)

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