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Quito

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Qui·to  (kt)
The capital of Ecuador, in the north-central part of the country. Settled by the Quito people, it was captured by the Incas in 1487 and held by the Spanish from 1534 until 1822. The city has frequently been damaged by earthquakes. Population: 1,460,000.
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Noun1.QuitoQuito - the capital of Ecuador
capital of Ecuador
Ecuador, Republic of Ecuador - a republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes
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Spanish Quito [ˈkiːtəu] n → Quito
French Quito [ˈkiːtəu] n → Quito
Italian Quito [ˈkiːtəu] n → Quito m
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Come to Quito and I will show you the bullfight--brave, clever, magnificent
The Night-Born by London, Jack View in context
The road ran from sea level at Duran up to twelve thousand feet on Chimborazo and down to ten thousand at Quito on the other side the range.
The Red One by London, Jack View in context
Some days elapsed, and ice and icebergs all astern, the Pequod now went rolling through the bright Quito spring, which, at sea, almost perpetually reigns on the threshold of the eternal August of the Tropic.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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