Etymology

Quito

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Spanish Quito
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromQuito
  2. English todayQuito

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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