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Ecuador

Ecuador

46 1.0
A country in northwestern South America with the Andes mountains and the Galápagos Islands
  • proper noun
  • /ˈɛkwədɔr/
translation icon : Ecuador
  • As its name implies, Ecuador lies across the equator in the northwestern corner of South America.
  • Ecuador and Colombia
  • Ecuador and Peru
  • Quito, Ecuador

There's there's these people in Ecuador called the Laurent.

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Examples

  • In a small-scale irrigation project in Ecuador, almost as many women as men participated in the users' organization.

    Academic text (2008)
  • About two years ago, I had a student from Ecuador in my statistics class.

  • You are always welcome in Ecuador, dear friends.

  • But we're stuck and our only path to Ecuador is completely blocked.

  • To build such relationships in Ecuador, the company discovered, requires some appreciation of history.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The Spanish text was then reviewed by a team of teachers from Ecuador for any problems in translation.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Lastly, participants agreed to schedule a meeting in Ecuador between all concerned groups for the following month.

    Academic text (1999)
  • College students in Ecuador were recruited in person from three freshman classrooms at one university.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Did you ship 100,000 cases of tomato bisque to Ecuador?

  • You are always welcome in Ecuador, dear friends.

Synonyms

2.7

A country in the northwest of South America that borders Colombia, Peru and the Pacific Ocean and has capital Quito

focuses instead on varied landscape and historic independence

Compounds

A country in the northwest of South America that borders Colombia, Peru and the Pacific Ocean and has capital Quito

Surface Forms

Ecuador main

Etymology

Ecuador comes from the Spanish name for the equator, the line that divides the Earth into north and south halves that are 'equal'. So the country is called Ecuador because it sits on that line.