Quito

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."

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkitoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːtəʊ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: keto
• Rhymes: -iːtəʊ

Quito

2. The capital city of Ecuador.
   • 2026 January 28, Chris Stein, “ICE thwarted from entering Ecuador’s consulate in Minneapolis by employee”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 January 2026:

     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.

3. The capital of Pichincha province, Ecuador
4. A canton (Quito Canton) in Pichincha province, Ecuador.
5. (historical) A historical province of colonial South America, corresponding to present-day Ecuador.
   • 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 27:

     The conquest of the northern provinces of Quito was undertaken by one of Pizarro’s lieutenants, Sebastian de Benalcazar.

• Capello, Ernesto (2011): City at the Center of the World: Space, History, and Modernity in Quito

• quoit, toqui

Quito

1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɪto]

Quito n (relational adjective quitský)

1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)

• “Quito”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

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."

• IPA^(key): /ki.to/

Quito f

1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkfi.tɔ/

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• Rhymes: -itɔ
• Syllabification: Qui‧to

Quito n (indeclinable)

1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)

• Quito in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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."

• Rhymes: -itu
• Homophone: quito
• Hyphenation: Qui‧to

Quito ?

1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)

• IPA^(key): /kitɔ/, [ˈkitɔ]
• Rhymes: -itɔ
• Hyphenation: Qui‧to

Quito n (genitive singular Quita, declension pattern of mesto)

1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)

• “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, 2003–2026

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."

• IPA^(key): /ˈkito/ [ˈki.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: Qui‧to

Quito m

1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)

Quito m or f by sense

1. a surname

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːtʊ/

Quito ? (genitive Quitos)

1. Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)