"Quito" meaning in English

See Quito in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈkitoʊ/ [General-American], /ˈkiːtəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Quito.wav
Rhymes: -iːtəʊ 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." Etymology templates: {{der|en|cof|-}} Tsafiki Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Quito
  1. The capital city of Ecuador. Wikidata QID: Q2900 Wikipedia link: Quito Categories (place): Cities in Ecuador, National capitals, Places in Ecuador Translations (capital of Ecuador): كِيتُو (kītū) [feminine] (Arabic), Կիտո (Kito) (Armenian), Кі́та (Kíta) [masculine] (Belarusian), 基多 (Jīduō) (Chinese Mandarin), Quito [neuter] (Czech), Quito (Danish), Quito [neuter] (Dutch), Quito (Finnish), Quito [masculine] (French), კიტო (ḳiṭo) (Georgian), Quito [neuter] (German), Κίτο (Kíto) [neuter] (Greek), קִיטוֹ (kito) [feminine] (Hebrew), Caíteo [masculine] (Irish), キト (Kito) (Japanese), គីតូ (kiitou) (Khmer), 키토 (Kito) (Korean), Ки́то (Kíto) [masculine] (Macedonian), Kíítʼo (Navajo), کیتو (kito) (Persian), Quito [neuter] (Polish), Quito [feminine] (Portuguese), Kitu (Quechua), Ки́то (Kíto) [masculine] (Russian), Quito [masculine] (Spanish), Kito (Tagalog), กีโต (gii-dtoo) (Thai), Кі́то (Kíto) [neuter] (Ukrainian), Ki-tô (Vietnamese)
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      "word": "Ки́то"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "capital of Ecuador",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Quito"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "capital of Ecuador",
      "word": "Kito"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gii-dtoo",
      "sense": "capital of Ecuador",
      "word": "กีโต"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Kíto",
      "sense": "capital of Ecuador",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Кі́то"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "capital of Ecuador",
      "word": "Ki-tô"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Quito"
}

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