It means the Equator. The full name of the country, Republica del Ecuador, means The Republic of the Equator. This is because Ecuador is located on the equator.
Ecuador is the spanish word for equator and since the equator runs through Ecuador that is how it got its name.
Ecuador, the name Ecuador is Spanish for "Equator" because the equator runs directly through Ecuador
Ecuador is closest. Ecuador is on the equator (that is why it is called Ecuador) , Guatemala isn't.
Because it is on the equator and Ecuador means equator on Spanish. :)
Equator. Ecuador is the Spanish word for equator.
Yes. Ecuador contains the highest point on the equator, as well.
Ecuador's name comes from the Spanish word for "equator".
The Esperanto words for equator and Ecuador are ekvatoro and Ekvadoro.
Ecuador means the Equator.The full name of the country, Republica del Ecuador, means The Republic of the Equator. This is because Ecuador is located on the equator.equator
No, Ecuador is a country that was named because it does lie on the Equator.Oddly, 'Ecuador' is the Spanish translation for the English word 'Equator'...
Ecuador crosses the equator so that's how it got its name.it got its name from the equator which runs straight through EcuadorIt got its name since it is on the equator, and the french named it that and the french word for Ecuador means "Equator". this is made by pazourdog!!!!Ecuador means equator. Ecuador is located on the equator. Thus, Ecuador is named for its location.