Quito
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkitoʊ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkiːtəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Homophone: keto
- Rhymes: -iːtəʊ
Proper noun edit
Quito
- The capital city of Ecuador.
Translations edit
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References edit
Capello, Ernesto (2011): City at the Center of the World: Space, History, and Modernity in Quito
Anagrams edit
Central Nahuatl edit
Proper noun edit
Quito
- Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Quito n (related adjective quitský)
- Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- Quito in Internetová jazyková příručka
French edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Proper noun edit
Quito f
- Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
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."
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Quito
- Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Quito n (genitive singular Quita, declension pattern of mesto)
- Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)
References edit
- “Quito”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Proper noun edit
Quito m
- Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)