Quito
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- proper noun
- /ˈkiːtoʊ/
- The monument and museum, located a few miles north of Quito, marks the location of the equator.
- Quito, the capital
- Quito, Ecuador
- city of Quito
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- They have a lot of labs in those areas, but also they're going from Cali and Cali's in the South of Colombia and not far from Quito.
- I'll show both Bogota and Quito much purer examples of building new towns on the basis of little competition.
- Can take a flight to Kenya, Botswana, I'm going to Peru, Quito, all one flight.
Examples
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We're driving to the American embassy in Quito.
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Officials focused their initial attention on reaching the city of Quito and its environs.
Academic text (2007) -
You can hear the station from Quito, the nation's capital, 18 hours a day.
Academic text (2007) -
I said, "Where does the train go when it leaves Quito Station?"
Fiction book (1990) -
"Two days in Quito," he said, "and the Amazon is yours."
Fiction book (1998) -
The box on page 15 details such a partnership in Quito, Ecuador.
Academic text (2005) -
Franciscan monks conducted the first mass in Quito in August 1543, almost immediately after the region's conquest.
Academic text (2007) -
On our first day, we drove on a dirt road from Quito to Chiriboga, through a breathtaking stretch of Andean cloud forest.
Academic text (2010) -
As a basis for comparison, Quito, the country's capital, had a 1990 population of 1,100,847, and Guayaquil, 1,508,444.
Academic text (1994) -
You can hear the station from Quito, the nation's capital, 18 hours a day.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Quito comes from the name of the original local people, the Quitu, who lived on the high Andean land before the Spanish arrived. So the city's name remembers those first people and helps you remember that Quito is a place high in the Andes.