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Quito

UK/ˈkiːtəʊ/ US/ˈkitoʊ/ rare

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Origin

Borrowed from Spanish Quito. Named after the Quitu tribe. The name is a combination of two Tsafiki words: quitso (“center”) + to (“the world”); roughly translating as "center of the world."

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