Ecuador in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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Ecuador (país)
Ecuador
el virreinato de Nueva Granada
the Viceroyalty of New Granada (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Panama)
quechua
The language of the Incas, Quechua is spoken today by some 13 million people in Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Argentina. Since 1975 it has been an official language in Peru. The Quechua people are one of South America's most important ethnic minorities. Words derived from Quechua include coca, cóndor, pampa, and puma.
Conquistadores
The collective term for the succession of explorers, soldiers and adventurers who, from the sixteenth century onward led the settlement and exploitation of Spain's Latin American colonies. Among the best known are Hernán Cortés (Mexico), Hernando de Soto (Florida, Nicaragua), the Pizarro brothers (Panama, Peru, Ecuador), Diego de Almagro (Peru, Chile) and Pedro de Valdivia (Chile).
coca
Andean peasants in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador chew coca leaves mixed with bicarbonate of soda to combat cold and tiredness while working. They also make mate de coca, an infusion effective against altitude sickness.
Much of the coca grown in the region goes to Colombia and reaches Europe and the US as cocaine. Governments in the region are now under heavy international pressure to stop its cultivation, but coca farmers defend their right to grow it, both for their own use and because it is so profitable.

Ecuador in the PONS Dictionary

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The incas were a small Indian tribe, who lived in Perú. In the 15th century, however, they expanded their empire, which ultimately covered present-day Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, and extended south into the northern part of Argentina and Chile.
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Being one of the youngest members in that Ecuador team, he did not make an appearance in that tournament.
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Realizing the dog is possessed, the father finally makes a special trip to Ecuador to determine how to destroy the animal.
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Not all early explorers of Ecuador were so lucky in having there documents survive.
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However, they lost their final group fixture to Ecuador and were knocked out.
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He played his entire club career in Ecuador.
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Commonly called "jicama" in Ecuador, yacn is sometimes confused with that unrelated plant.
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The complex played an important role on military strategies as a fortress and provisions to troops on route to northern Ecuador.
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Since the 20th century, rivers have become an important source of electric power in Ecuador.
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It is restricted to a small area of southern Ecuador and was not described until 1997.
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This dish is so traditional in Ecuador that they have developed special pots just for cooking humitas.
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