Ecuador

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UK/ˈɛk.wə.dɔː/British, Southern, Standard/ˈɛk.wə.doː/US/ˈɛk.wə.dɔɹ/Australia, New Zealand/ˈek.wə.doː/

proper noun

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Ecuador. Capital: Quito.

OriginSpanish Ecuador ← Medieval Latin aequātōrem ← Latin aequō →
CommonScrabble 10
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Meanings

Ecuador1

proper noun
  1. A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Ecuador. Capital: Quito.

    Economists at Capital Economics wrote in an August note that dollarized countries El Salvador, Panama and Ecuador show “markedly lower inflation than elsewhere in the region.”

    2023 October 23, Anna Cooban, “Javier Milei wants Argentina to swap the peso for the US dollar. Here’s what that could mean”, in CNN Business

Ecuador2

noun

    Synonyms & antonyms

    Also see
    bahía

    Origin

    1. Proto-Italic*aikʷos?
    2. Old Latinaiquos
    3. Latinaequus
    4. Latinaequō
    5. Medieval Latinaequātōrem
    6. Spanishecuador
    7. SpanishEcuador
    8. EnglishEcuador

    Borrowed from Spanish Ecuador, itself from ecuador (“equator”).

    More words from Spanish

    Full word history & related roots →

    Translations

    Afrikaans Ecuador
    • Ecuadorcountry in South America
    Arabic إِكْوَادُور, الإِكْوَادُور
    • إِكْوَادُور (ʔekwadōr)country in South America
    • الإِكْوَادُور (al-ʔekwadōr)country in South America
    Basque Ekuador
    • Ekuadorcountry in South America
    Bengali ইকুয়েডর
    • ইকুয়েডর (ikuẏeḍor)country in South America
    Bulgarian Еквадо́р
    • Еквадо́р (Ekvadór)country in South America
    Catalan Equador
    • Equadorcountry in South America
    Chinese Cantonese 厄瓜多爾 /厄瓜多尔
    • 厄瓜多爾 /厄瓜多尔 (aak¹ gwaa¹ do¹ ji⁵)country in South America
    Chinese Mandarin 厄瓜多爾 /厄瓜多尔, 厄瓜多
    • 厄瓜多爾 /厄瓜多尔 (Èguāduō'ěr)country in South America
    • 厄瓜多 (Èguāduō)country in South America
    Czech Ekvádor
    • Ekvádorcountry in South America
    Danish Ecuador
    • Ecuadorcountry in South America
    Dutch Ecuador
    • Ecuadorcountry in South America
    Esperanto Ekvadoro
    • Ekvadorocountry in South America
    Estonian Ecuador
    • Ecuadorcountry in South America
    Finnish Ecuador
    • Ecuadorcountry in South America
    French Équateur
    • Équateurcountry in South America
    German Ecuador
    • Ecuadorcountry in South America
    Greek Ισημερινός, Εκουαδόρ
    • Ισημερινός (Isimerinós)country in South America
    • Εκουαδόρ (Ekouadór)country in South America
    Hebrew אקוודור, אֶקְוָדוֹר
    • אקוודורcountry in South America
    • אֶקְוָדוֹר (ekvadór)country in South America
    Hindi इक्वाडोर, इक्वेडोर
    • इक्वाडोर (ikvāḍor)country in South America
    • इक्वेडोर (ikveḍor)country in South America
    • एक्वाडोर (ekvāḍor)country in South America
    • ईक्वाडोर (īkvāḍor)country in South America
    Hungarian Ecuador
    • Ecuadorcountry in South America
    Icelandic Ekvador
    • Ekvadorcountry in South America
    Indonesian Ekuador
    • Ekuadorcountry in South America
    Irish Eacuadór
    • Eacuadórcountry in South America
    Italian Ecuador
    • Ecuadorcountry in South America
    Japanese エクアドル
    • エクアドル (Ekuadoru)country in South America
    Korean 에콰도르, 에꽈도르
    • 에콰도르 (Ekwadoreu)country in South America
    • 에꽈도르 (Ekkwadoreu)country in South America
    Latvian Ekvadora
    • Ekvadoracountry in South America
    Lithuanian Ekvadoras
    • Ekvadorascountry in South America
    Malay Ecuador
    • Ecuadorcountry in South America
    Māori Ekuatoa
    • Ekuatoacountry in South America
    Norwegian Bokmål Ecuador
    • Ecuadorcountry in South America
    Persian اکوادور
    • اکوادور (ekvâdor)country in South America
    Polish Ekwador
    • Ekwadorcountry in South America
    Portuguese Equador
    • Equadorcountry in South America
    Romanian Ecuador
    • Ecuadorcountry in South America
    Russian Эквадо́р
    • Эквадо́р (Ekvadór)country in South America
    Slovak Ekvádor
    • Ekvádorcountry in South America
    Spanish Ecuador
    • Ecuadorcountry in South America
    Swahili Ecuador
    • Ecuadorcountry in South America
    Swedish Ecuador
    • Ecuadorcountry in South America
    Tagalog Ekwador
    • Ekwadorcountry in South America
    Thai เอกวาดอร์
    • เอกวาดอร์ (ee-gwaa-dɔɔ)country in South America
    Turkish Ekvador
    • Ekvadorcountry in South America
    Ukrainian Еквадо́р
    • Еквадо́р (Ekvadór)country in South America
    Urdu ایکواڈور
    • ایکواڈور (īkvāḍor, ekvāḍor)country in South America
    Vietnamese Ê-cu-a-đo
    • Ê-cu-a-đocountry in South America
    Yiddish עקוואַדאָר
    • עקוואַדאָר (ekvador)country in South America

    Rhymes & wordplay

    Anagrams

    cordeau
    Cite this entry
    APA

    Ecuador. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ecuador

    MLA

    “Ecuador.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ecuador. Accessed November 2, 2026.

    Chicago

    WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ecuador,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ecuador.

    Source: Ecuador on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.