Quito

[ kee-taw ]

/ ˈki tɔ /

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noun

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

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How to use Quito in a sentence

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.
Some harlequin frogs — presumed extinct — have been rediscovered|Freda Kreier|November 9, 2022|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.
Migrants in Latin America Have Turned to Delivery Gigs During the Pandemic. But Drivers Say They're Facing Hostility and Mistreatment|Ciara Nugent|April 10, 2021|Time
He arrived in Quito on a plane with his dog, Happy, and one of her puppies, Honey.
Lunik: Inside the CIA’s audacious plot to steal a Soviet satellite|Bobbie Johnson|January 28, 2021|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.
Journey to the Center of the Earth|David Kushner|December 28, 2020|Outside Online

He attributed “exclusive” responsibility for the collapse of the preservation initiative to the government in Quito.
Is Rafael Correa the Next Hugo Chavez?|Mac Margolis|August 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Quito, the capital of Ecuador, is not exactly on the Elizabeth Arden circuit for the leisure, jet-setting crowd.
Ecuador Needs U.S. Aid. Will They Risk It All with Snowden?|Mac Margolis|June 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
That may be one of the big reasons why the Australian decided to appeal his case to Quito.
Julian Assange’s Asylum Gamble: End of the Wikileaks Saga?|Mac Margolis|July 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Abigiras, an Indian mission formerly under the charge of the order of Jesuits, in the governmental department of Quito.
The Indian in his Wigwam|Henry R. Schoolcraft
Aguanos, a settlement in the province of Mainas, Quito, so called from the Indians of whom it is composed.
The Indian in his Wigwam|Henry R. Schoolcraft
Ancuteres, a nation of infidel Indians inhabiting the forests of the river Napo, in Quito.
The Indian in his Wigwam|Henry R. Schoolcraft
He had taken as one of his concubines the daughter of the conquered monarch of Quito and by her had a son named Atahualpa.
South American Fights and Fighters|Cyrus Townsend Brady
Before he was garroted, Atahualpa begged that his remains might be preserved at Quito with those of his mother's people.
South American Fights and Fighters|Cyrus Townsend Brady

British Dictionary definitions for Quito

Quito

/ (ˈkiːtəʊ, Spanish ˈkito) /

noun

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)

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