Quito

[ kee-taw ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Ecuador, in the N part. 9,348 feet (2,849 meters) above sea level.

Quito

/ ˈkiːtəʊ; ˈkito /

noun

1. the capital of Ecuador, in the north at an altitude of 2850 m (9350 ft), just south of the equator: the oldest capital in South America, existing many centuries before the Incan conquest in 1487; a cultural centre since the beginning of Spanish rule (1534); two universities. Pop: 1 514 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

For a species that had been missing for decades, “it seemed like a miracle,” says Luis Coloma, a researcher and conservationist at the Centro Jambatu de Investigación y Conservación de Anfibios in Quito, Ecuador.

From Science News

In Quito, Ramirez and her co-workers started striking in November 2019, after Glovo lowered the rates paid to drivers, arguing that they would be able to earn more thanks to the app’s growing popularity.

From Time

He arrived in Quito on a plane with his dog, Happy, and one of her puppies, Honey.

From MIT Technology Review

To get to Cueva de los Tayos—Cave of the Oilbirds—drive east out of Ecuador’s capital city of Quito for eight hours along narrow, potholed roads that twist through cloudforest above the Amazon Basin.

From Outside Online

He attributed “exclusive” responsibility for the collapse of the preservation initiative to the government in Quito.

From The Daily Beast

Quito, the capital of Ecuador, is not exactly on the Elizabeth Arden circuit for the leisure, jet-setting crowd.

From The Daily Beast

That may be one of the big reasons why the Australian decided to appeal his case to Quito.

From The Daily Beast

Abigiras, an Indian mission formerly under the charge of the order of Jesuits, in the governmental department of Quito.

From Project Gutenberg

Aguanos, a settlement in the province of Mainas, Quito, so called from the Indians of whom it is composed.

From Project Gutenberg

Ancuteres, a nation of infidel Indians inhabiting the forests of the river Napo, in Quito.

From Project Gutenberg

He had taken as one of his concubines the daughter of the conquered monarch of Quito and by her had a son named Atahualpa.

From Project Gutenberg

Before he was garroted, Atahualpa begged that his remains might be preserved at Quito with those of his mother's people.

From Project Gutenberg