Guayaquil

[ gwah-yah-keel ]

noun

1. a seaport in western Ecuador, on the Gulf of Guayaquil.
2. Gulf of Guyaquil, an arm of the Pacific Ocean in southwestern Ecuador.

Guayaquil

/ ɡwajaˈkil /

noun

1. a port in W Ecuador: the largest city in the country and its chief port; university (1867). Pop: 2 387 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

They had fled their hometown of Guayaquil, Ecuador, to escape rapidly escalating gang violence.

From Los Angeles Times

He is now being held at a maximum security prison at the port city of Guayaquil.

From Seattle Times

On Tuesday newspapers around Ecuador published schedules for power cuts in cities that included Quito, Cuenca and Guayaquil, where most homes and many businesses were left without power for three hours.

From Seattle Times

Ninety per cent of illegal drugs leaving Ecuador are hidden inside shipping containers departing the port of Guayaquil, according to Ecuador's coastguard.

From BBC

He became the subject of a diplomatic scuffle last week when police in Quito entered the embassy and successfully captured him, eventually transferring him to a detention center in the large port city of Guayaquil.

From New York Times