Borrowed fromSpanishQuito. Named after theQuitu tribe. The name is a combination of twoTsafiki words:quitso(“center”) +to(“the world”); roughly translating as "center of the world."
2026 January 28, Chris Stein, “ICE thwarted from entering Ecuador’s consulate in Minneapolis by employee”, inThe Guardian[1], archived fromthe original on29 January 2026:
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent attempted to enter Ecuador’s consulate in Minneapolis, but was turned back by an employee, prompting an official complaint to the US embassy inQuito, the country’s foreign ministry said.
Borrowed fromSpanishQuito. Named after theQuitu tribe. The name is a combination of twoTsafiki words:quitso(“center”) +to(“the world”); roughly translating as "center of the world."
Borrowed fromSpanishQuito. Named after theQuitu tribe. The name is a combination of twoTsafiki words:quitso(“center”) +to(“the world”); roughly translating as "center of the world."
“Quito”, inSlovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak),https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk,2003–2026
Named after theQuitu tribe. The name is a combination of twoTsafiki words:quitso(“center”) +to(“the world”); roughly translating as "center of the world."
