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ecuador

UK/ˈɛk.wə.dɔː/US/ˈɛk.wə.dɔɹ/
nounB1+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #11,431 of 15,258mostly written

Ecuador is the Andean country named after the line that circles the middle of the planet. Fly to Ecuador, the coast of Ecuador, born in Ecuador.

The name is Spanish for equator, which runs straight through it. The Galapagos Islands belong to Ecuador, six hundred miles offshore, and Quito is one of the highest capital cities in the world.

President of the Republic of Ecuador, first uploaded by Denelson83 as Flag of Ecuador.svg, modifications by Husunqu, Zscout370 · Public domain

Definitions of ecuador

  1. 1nounecuadorThe Andean country named after the line that circles the middle of the planet.B1+

    “Quito, the capital of Ecuador, sits high up in the Andes.”

ecuador is a country.

Where it comes from

  1. Spanish

    Ecuador

  2. English

    Ecuador

  3. English, today

    ecuador

Built from

  • ecuador · Spanish — equator

Ecuador Spanish Ecuador, itself from ecuador (“equator”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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