User-submitted place name Quito

Type Settlement

Usage English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish

Pronounced Pron. /ˈkiː.toʊ/(English) /ki.to/(French) /ˈkiː.to/(German) /ˈki.to/(Italian, Slovak, Spanish) /ˈki.tu/(Portuguese) [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

From the Quitu tribe, whose name is derived from the combination of the Tsafiki words quitso ("center") and to ("world"). This is the name of the capital city of Ecuador.

Added 9/3/2021 by VerdeIperbolico