Ecuador

American  

[ek-wuh-dawr] / ˈɛk wəˌdɔr /

noun

1. a republic in northwestern South America. 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Quito.

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Ecuador British  

/ ˈɛkwəˌdɔː /

noun

1. a republic in South America, on the Pacific: under the Incas when Spanish colonization began in 1532; gained independence in 1822; declared a republic in 1830. It consists chiefly of a coastal plain in the west, separated from the densely forested upper Amazon basin (Oriente) by ranges and plateaus of the Andes. Official language: Spanish; Quechua is also widely spoken. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: US dollar. Capital: Quito. Pop: 15 439 429 (2013 est). Area: 283 560 sq km (109 483 sq miles)

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Ecuador Cultural  

1. Republic in western South America, bordered by Colombia to the north, Peru to the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Its landscape is dominated by the Andes. Quito is its capital, and Guayaquil is its largest city.

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Other Word Forms

• Ecuadoran
  adjective
• Ecuadorean
  adjective
• Ecuadorian
  adjective
• anti-Ecuador
  adjective
• pro-Ecuador
  adjective

Example Sentences

These journeys through open water are "something that had never been documented before", Cristina Castro, a marine biologist at the Pacific Whale Foundation in Ecuador, told AFP.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Deep beneath the eastern Pacific Ocean, roughly 1,000 miles west of Ecuador, a seafloor fault has been producing magnitude 6 earthquakes with striking regularity for at least 30 years.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Last year it brought in a mix from Brazil, Iraq, Guyana, Canada, Ecuador, Argentina and Saudi Arabia as its top international suppliers, with about 30% coming from the Middle East.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

He traveled extensively, posing models in markets of Ecuador, harbors in Portugal and among ruins in Greece.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

The Doctorita loves to bra£ that he’s at the top of his class in the most prestigious colegio in Otavalo, Republica de Ecuador, the colegio where her own smart boys would surely go one day.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau