Ecuador

Definition: Ecuador

Ecuador

Noun

1. A republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Ecuador

Crosswords: Ecuador

Dutch (Ecuador), German (Ecuador), Hungarian (Ecuador), Spanish (Ecuador, equator), Swedish (Ecuador).

Our brother who fathered an illegitimate child with a Swedish maid and then disappeared into the wilds of Ecuador. Don't you find that a little strange? (Soap; writing credit: Jos Gevers; Jeroom Verten)

Ecuador (1954)

A dos grados del ecuador (1953)

Los Olivares del ecuador (1946)

Raid Gauloises: Race Across Ecuador (1998)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Preserved Fruit and Fruit Preparations in Ecuador (reference)

• Executive Report on Strategies in Ecuador,1999 edition (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Frozen and Temporarily Perserved Vegetables in Ecuador (reference)

• A Strategic Profile of Ecuador,1999 edition (reference)

• Executive Report on Strategies in Ecuador, 2000 edition (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Ecuador Map (reference)

• Footprint Ecuador & Galapagos Handbook : The Travel Guide (reference)

• In the Shadows of State and Capital: The United Fruit Company, Popular Struggle, and Agrarian Restructuring in Ecuador, 1900-1995 (reference)

• Indians, Oil, and Politics: A Recent History of Ecuador (Latin American Silhouettes) (reference)

• Moon Handbooks: Ecuador 2 Ed: Including the Galapagos Islands (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Ecuador Agroexportacion (reference)

• Ecuador Economic Weekly (reference)

• Iconos Revista De Flacso Ecuador (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Globe Trekker: Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Health

A few isolated cases of melioidosis have occurred in the Western Hemisphere in Mexico, Panama, Ecuador, Haiti, Brazil, Peru, Guyana, and in the states of Hawaii and Georgia. (references)

For example, a type of frog native to Ecuador has been found to have a chemical in its skin called epibatidine, derived from the frog's scientific name, Epipedobates tricolor. (references)

Chagas disease is locally transmitted in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. (references)

Business

Julphar has branches in Germany, Ecuador, Egypt, and Oman. (references)

Another important reason is the proximity between Ecuador and the U.S., which expedites delivery and reduces costs. (references)

Natural gas associated with oil production is flared, consequently, there is no gas market of any significance in Ecuador. (references)

Civil Liberties

Colombia

The UNHCR plans to open an office in Sincelejo, Sucre department, in 2002. Hundreds of displaced persons also fled to Panama, Ecuador, and Venezuela. (references)

Colombia

Colombians leaving the country to Ecuador used that country as a temporary escape from violence in Putumayo and returned to Colombia through another border crossing, such as Ipiales, Narino department. (references)

Economic History

Ecuador

Duke Energy (U.S.) also operates in Ecuador. (references)

Indigenous People

Ecuador

The three main indigenous groups--CONAIE, the Federation of Indigenous and Black Peasants of Ecuador (FENOCIN), and the Federation of Evangelical Indigenous of Ecuador (FEINE)--tabled 23 topics for discussion, including the claims by indigenous groups for indemnities over lives lost during the protests. (references)

Political Economy

ECUADOR

In October 1999, Ecuador also failed to meet a coupon payment on its Eurobonds. (references)

ECUADOR

Ecuador joined the Andean Pact in 1995 and the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1996. (references)

Trade

Ecuador

The World Bank is active in Ecuador. (references)

Ecuador

There are about 50 independent bonded warehouses in Ecuador. (references)

Ecuador

Citibank and Lloyds TSB Bank operate branch offices in Ecuador. (references)

Travel

Ecuador

A valid U.S. passport is required to enter and depart Ecuador. (references)

Ecuador

An exit tax must be paid at the airport when departing Ecuador. (references)

Ecuador

Business customs in Ecuador are similar to those in other Latin American countries. (references)

Worker Rights

Guatemala

Trafficked persons come mainly from other Central American countries including El Salvador and Ecuador. (references)

Uruguay

INAME placed the youth in temporary shelters and repatriated them to Ecuador in coordination with the Ecuadorian Consulate. (references)

Panama

The majority of aliens transiting Panama originate in Ecuador and Peru, but a significant and increasing number come from India and China. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "Ecuador": capital of Ecuador ♦ Republic of Ecuador. Additional references.

Ending with "Ecuador": Peru-ecuador.

Albanian

Ekuador. (various references)

Bulgarian 

Еквадор. (various references)

Chinese 

厄�"�多�". (various references)

Czech

Ekvádor. (various references)

Danish

Ecuador (Republic of Ecuador, The Republic of Ecuador), EC (Republic of Ecuador), republikken Ecuador (Republic of Ecuador, The Republic of Ecuador). (various references)

Dutch

Ecuador (Republic of Ecuador, The Republic of Ecuador). (various references)

Esperanto

Ekvadoro. (various references)

Finnish

Ecuadorin tasavalta (Republic of Ecuador), Ecuador (Republic of Ecuador), EC (Republic of Ecuador). (various references)

French

Equateur (Republic of Ecuador, The Republic of Ecuador), ECU (Republic of Ecuador), EC (Republic of Ecuador), République de l'Equateur (Republic of Ecuador), l'Équateur (Republic of Ecuador), La République de l'Equateur (The Republic of Ecuador), la République de l'Équateur (Republic of Ecuador). (various references)

German

Ecuador (Republic of Ecuador, The Republic of Ecuador). (various references)

Greek 

EC (Republic of Ecuador), Ισημερινός· Εκουαδόρ (Republic of Ecuador), Εκουαδόρ, �"ημοκρατία του Ισημερινού (Republic of Ecuador). (various references)

Hungarian

Ecuador. (various references)

Irish

Eacuadór. (various references)

Italian

Ecuador (Republic of Ecuador, The Republic of Ecuador), ECU (Republic of Ecuador), EC (Republic of Ecuador), Repubblica dell'Ecuador (Republic of Ecuador, The Republic of Ecuador). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

エキス剤 (COMBINE, eccentric, ecstasy, ecumenism, equitable, equity, equity finance, Excalibur, Excelan, excellent, exchange, exchange order, excursion, excursion fare, excursion ticket, excuse me, executor, exercise, exhaust manifold, exhaust pipe, exorcist, exotic, exoticism, exotisme, expedition, expense, expensive, expire, explorer, explosion, explosion shot, export, express, expression, expressway, extension, extent, exterior, external, extract, literature). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

エクアドル . (various references)

Korean 

에� 아도르. (various references)

Papiamen

Ekuador. (various references)

Pig Latin

ecuadoray.(various references)

Portuguese

Equador (ecuadorean, equator, equatorial, Republic of Ecuador). (various references)

Russian 

Эквадор. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ekvador. (various references)

Spanish

Ecuador (equator, Republic of Ecuador). (various references)

Swedish

Ecuador (Republic of Ecuador). (various references)

Tagalog

Ekwadór. (various references)

Thai

เอควา�"อร์, สาธาร�"รัฐเอควา�"อร์. (various references)

Turkish

Ekvador (ecuadorian). (various references)

Ukranian 

Еквадор. (various references)

Misspellings

"Ecuador" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cebado, Ecuanor, Euenor, Isador. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: acred, adore, arced, cadre, cared, cedar, coder, cored, coude, credo, crude, cured, decor, douce, doura, duroc, oared, ocrea, oread, raced, uredo.

-3 letters: aced, acre, aero, arco, cade, card, care, cero, coda, code, coed, cord, core, crud, cued, curd, cure, dace, dare, dear, deco, doer, dore, dour, duce, dura, dure, duro, ecru, euro, odea, orad, orca, race, read, redo, road, rode, roue, rude, rued, urea.

-4 letters: ace, ado, arc, are, cad, car, cod, cor, cud, cue, cur, doc, doe, dor, due, duo, ear, eau, ecu, era, oar, oca, ode, ora, orc, ore, oud, our, rad, rec, red, roc, rod, roe, rue, udo, urd.

-5 letters: ad, ae, ar, de, do, ed, er, od, oe, or, re.

+1 letter: aeroduct, caroused, educator, outraced.

+2 letters: accoutred, aeroducts, clamoured, croustade, crusadoes, cruzadoes, educators, undercoat.

+3 letters: abductores, accoutered, androecium, cadaverous, clangoured, coauthored, cofeatured, corrugated, coruscated, croustades, discourage, drupaceous, edulcorate, elucidator, encouraged, obduracies, outcapered, outcharged, outcharmed, outcrawled, outmarched, outreached, oversauced, predaceous, predacious, procedural, subcordate, unanchored, undercoats.

+4 letters: archdukedom, audiometric, cotransduce, counterbade, countermand, counterraid, discouraged, discourager, discourages, documentary, edulcorated, edulcorates, elucidators, endocardium, operculated, outpreached, overeducate, procedurals, proctodaeum, radiolucent, reductional, reeducation, sugarcoated, undecorated, urochordate.

+5 letters: archdukedoms, backgrounded, backgrounder, cadaverously, coadjutrices, cotransduced, cotransduces, counteracted, countermands, counterraids, countertrade, creaturehood, denunciatory, deuteranopic, discouragers, edulcorating, judicatories, orchidaceous, overeducated, overeducates, preannounced, precautioned, procedurally, proctodaeums, propaedeutic, radiolucency, radionuclide, reeducations, reinoculated, turbocharged, unchaperoned, uncontracted, uncorrelated, undemocratic, undercoating, urochordates.

45 63 75 61 64 6F 72

⁼

.    -.-.    ..-    .-    -..    ---    .-.

01000101 01100011 01110101 01100001 01100100 01101111 01110010

&#69 &#99 &#117 &#97 &#100 &#111 &#114

0045 0063 0075 0061 0064 006F 0072

39698767708184