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Is Ecuador the same as Equator?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 12/25/2022

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'...

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