Quito
English
Etymology
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
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkitoʊ/
- (RA) IPA(key): /ˈkiːtəʊ/
Audio (UK) (file) - Homophone: keto
- Rhymes: -iːtəʊ
Translations
capital of Ecuador
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References
Capello, Ernesto (2011): City at the Center of the World: Space, History, and Modernity in Quito
Central Nahuatl
French
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ki.to/
Portuguese
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkito]
Proper noun
Quito n (genitive singular Quita, declension pattern of mesto)
- Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)
References
- Quito in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Spanish
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈkito/ [ˈki.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ito
- Syllabification: Qui‧to
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