It is an imaginary line on the Earth's surface which is equidistant from the North Pole and the South Pole and equally distributed the Earth in to two hemispheres. That is way this line is know as equator.
The equator is named so because it divides the earth into 2 equal halves (the northern and southern hemispheres). It is an imaginary line that runs exactly through the middle of the earth's surface.
Equator comes from the Medieval Latin aequator, meaning equalizer (of day and night).
uhhhhh, beccause thats what they called it????
Equatorial Guinea is a country in Central Africa . The country acquired its name because of its close proximity to the equator and the Gulf of Guinea.
Ecuador's name comes from the Spanish word for "equator".
Ecuador is the spanish word for equator and since the equator runs through Ecuador that is how it got its name.
Ecuador , Ecuador is the Spanish word for equator.
That's the equator.
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Ecuador is the Spanish word for "equator."
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.
The name of Equador comes from the word equator and it runs in the centre of America
The Spanish word for equator is "ecuador".
Ecuador's name comes from the Spanish word for "equator".
The Equator has only one name and it's the Equator.
Ecuador is the spanish word for equator and since the equator runs through Ecuador that is how it got its name.
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
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.
It derives from Latin word Aequalis or Equal. The equator is an imaginary line on the Earth's surface midway beyween the North and South Poles
The equator of the Earth
Ecuador, the Spanish word for the equator.