Meanings
- The capital city of Ecuador.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent attempted to enter Ecuador’s consulate in Minneapolis, but was turned back by an employee, prompting an official complaint to the US embassy in Quito, the country’s foreign ministry said.
2026 January 28, Chris Stein, “ICE thwarted from entering Ecuador’s consulate in Minneapolis by employee”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Jan 2026- metonymicallyThe Ecuadorian government.
- historicalA historical province of colonial South America, corresponding to present-day Ecuador.
The conquest of the northern provinces of Quito was undertaken by one of Pizarro’s lieutenants, Sebastian de Benalcazar.
1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 27
Origin
- SpanishQuito
- EnglishQuito
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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Arabic كِيتُو
- كِيتُو (kītū)capital of Ecuador
Chinese Mandarin 基多
- 基多 (Jīduō)capital of Ecuador
Czech Quito
- Quitocapital of Ecuador
Danish Quito
- Quitocapital of Ecuador
Dutch Quito
- Quitocapital of Ecuador
Finnish Quito
- Quitocapital of Ecuador
French Quito
- Quitocapital of Ecuador
German Quito
- Quitocapital of Ecuador
Greek Κίτο
- Κίτο (Kíto)capital of Ecuador
Hebrew קִיטוֹ
- קִיטוֹ (kito)capital of Ecuador
Hindi कीटो
- कीटो (kīṭo)capital of Ecuador
Irish Caíteo
- Caíteocapital of Ecuador
Japanese キト
- キト (Kito)capital of Ecuador
Korean 키토
- 키토 (Kito)capital of Ecuador
Persian کیتو
- کیتو (kito)capital of Ecuador
Polish Quito
- Quitocapital of Ecuador
Portuguese Quito
- Quitocapital of Ecuador
Russian Ки́то
- Ки́то (Kíto)capital of Ecuador
Spanish Quito
- Quitocapital of Ecuador
Tagalog Kito
- Kitocapital of Ecuador
Thai กีโต
- กีโต (gii-dtoo)capital of Ecuador
Ukrainian Кі́то
- Кі́то (Kíto)capital of Ecuador
Vietnamese Ki-tô
- Ki-tôcapital of Ecuador
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Cite this entry
Quito. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Quito
“Quito.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Quito. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Quito,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Quito.
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