ecuador | | |
n. (location) | 1. ecuador, republic of ecuador | a republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes. |
| ~ puka inti, red sun, sol rojo | a small but violent terrorist organization formed in Ecuador in the early 1990s; responsible for bombing several government buildings. |
| ~ oas, organization of american states | an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation. |
| ~ south american country, south american nation | any one of the countries occupying the South American continent. |
| ~ guayaquil | the largest city of Ecuador. |
| ~ capital of ecuador, quito | the capital of Ecuador. |
| ~ galapagos, galapagos islands | a group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life. |
| ~ cotacachi | an Andean volcano in northern Ecuador; last erupted in 1955. |
| ~ cotopaxi | the world's largest active volcano; located in the Andes in north central Ecuador. |
| ~ sangay | an inactive volcano in the Andes in central Ecuador; last erupted in 1946. |
| ~ andes | a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast. |
| ~ chimborazo | a mountain peak in the Andes in Ecuador (20,560 feet high). |
| ~ south america | a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama. |
| ~ ecuadoran, ecuadorian | a native or inhabitant of Ecuador. |
equator | | |
n. (location) | 1. equator | an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles.; "the equator is the boundary between the northern and southern hemispheres" |
| ~ great circle | a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center. |
n. (shape) | 2. equator | a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts. |
| ~ circle | ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point.; "he calculated the circumference of the circle" |
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