Ecuador

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Ecuador

  • /ˈɛk.wə.dɔː/ UK
  • /ˈɛk.wə.doː/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ˈɛk.wə.dɔɹ/ US
  • /ˈek.wə.doː/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /ˈɛk.wə.dɔɾ/ Scotland

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

  1. A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Ecuador. Capital: Quito. Economists at Capital Economics wrote in an August note that dollarized countries El Salvador, Panama and Ecuador show “markedly lower inflation than elsewhere in the region.”

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: colombia, argentina, peru, bolivia, belize, spain, ecuadorian, denmark, benin, eritrea, barbados, ethiopia, bangladesh, estonia, lebanon, egypt

Translations

Every language

name country in South America

EspañolEcuador
한국어에콰도르 Ekwadoreu
日本語エクアドル Ekuadoru
中文厄瓜多爾 /厄瓜多尔 Èguāduō'ěr, 厄瓜多 Èguāduō
हिन्दीइक्वाडोर ikvāḍor, इक्वेडोर ikveḍor, एक्वाडोर ekvāḍor, ईक्वाडोर īkvāḍor
KiswahiliEcuador
PortuguêsEquador
FrançaisÉquateur
DeutschEcuador
ItalianoEcuador
ΕλληνικάΙσημερινός Isimerinós, Εκουαδόρ Ekouadór
RomânăEcuador
РусскийЭквадо́р Ekvadór
Tiếng ViệtÊ-cu-a-đo
العربيةإِكْوَادُور ʔekwadōr, الإِكْوَادُور al-ʔekwadōr
עבריתאקוודור, אֶקְוָדוֹר ekvadór

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"Ecuador." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ecuador. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Ecuador. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ecuador

Chicago

"Ecuador." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ecuador.

BibTeX
@misc{ecuador_2026,
  title = {Ecuador},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ecuador},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}