Ecuador
pronunciation
How to pronounce Ecuador in British English:
UK ['ekwədɔ:(r)]
How to pronounce Ecuador in American English:
US ['ekwədɔr]
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- Noun:
- a republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes
Word Origin
- Ecuador
- from the Spanish form of equator (which runs through it). Before 1830 the region bore the name of its chief city, Quito, which is from the name of a now-extinct native people, of unknown meaning. Related: Ecuadorian; Ecuadorean.
Example
- 1. In 2010 he was granted refugee status in ecuador .
- 2. Ecuador was among the commission 's loudest critics .
- 3. Ecuador is still struggling into that dress .
- 4. Rafael correa in ecuador is discreetly distancing himself .
- 5. Ecuador subsequently expelled the ambassador .