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/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkiːtəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (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
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɪto]
Declension
Further reading
- Quito in Internetová jazyková příručka
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): [ˈkitɔ]
Proper noun
Quito n (genitive singular Quita, declension pattern of mesto)
- Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)
References
- “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
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
Derived terms
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