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Country name Ecuador, in 35 editions.
The entry for Ecuador published Country name in 35 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 12 editions. Each is shown as published. Country name in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 12
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Long-form name” (1990 to 1992), “Names” (1993 to 1995), “Name of country” (1996) and “Country name” (1997 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024The same text in 3 editions, 1990 to 1992.
Published as “Long-form name”
Republic of Ecuador
Republic of Ecuador
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Ecuador
- conventional short form:
- Ecuador
- local long form:
- Republica del Ecuador
- local short form:
- Ecuador
conventional long form:
Republic of Ecuador
conventional short form:
Ecuador
local long form:
Republica del Ecuador
local short form:
Ecuador
The entry for Ecuador did not include Country name.
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Ecuador
- conventional short form:
- Ecuador
- local long form:
- Republica del Ecuador
- local short form:
- Ecuador
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
local long form:
local short form:
Published as “Name of country”
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Ecuador
- conventional short form:
- Ecuador
- local long form:
- Republica del Ecuador
- local short form:
- Ecuador
conventional long form: Republic of Ecuador
conventional short form: Ecuador
local long form: Republica del Ecuador
local short form: Ecuador
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Ecuador
- conventional short form:
- Ecuador
- local long form:
- Republica del Ecuador
- local short form :
- Ecuador
conventional long form: Republic of Ecuador
conventional short form: Ecuador
local long form: Republica del Ecuador
local short form: form : Ecuador
The same text in 3 editions, 1998 to 2000.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Ecuador
- conventional short form:
- Ecuador
- local long form:
- Republica del Ecuador
- local short form:
- Ecuador
conventional long form: Republic of Ecuador
conventional short form: Ecuador
local long form: Republica del Ecuador
local short form : form: Ecuador
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Ecuador conventional short form: Ecuador local long form: Republica del Ecuador local short form: Ecuador
conventional long form: Republic of Ecuador
The same text in 2002 and 2003.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Ecuador
- conventional short form:
- Ecuador
- local short form:
- Ecuador
- local long form:
- Republica del Ecuador
conventional long form: Republic of Ecuador
conventional short form: Ecuador
local long short form: Republica del Ecuador
local short long form: Republica del Ecuador
The same text in 5 editions, 2004 to 2008.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Ecuador
- conventional short form:
- Ecuador
- local long form:
- Republica del Ecuador
- local short form:
- Ecuador
conventional long form: Republic of Ecuador
conventional short form: Ecuador
local short long form: Republica del Ecuador
local long short form: Republica del Ecuador
The same text in 6 editions, 2009 to 2014.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Ecuador
- conventional short form:
- Ecuador
- local long form:
- Republica del Ecuador
- local short form:
- Ecuador
conventional long form:
Republic of Ecuador
conventional short form:
Ecuador
local long form:
Republica del Ecuador
local short form:
Ecuador
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Ecuador
- conventional short form:
- Ecuador
- local long form:
- Republica del Ecuador
- local short form:
- Ecuador
note: the country's position on the globe, straddling the equator, accounts for its name
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
local long form:
local short form:
note: the country's position on the globe, straddling the equator, accounts for its name
The same text in 7 editions, 2016 to 2022.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Ecuador
- conventional short form:
- Ecuador
- local long form:
- Republica del Ecuador
- local short form:
- Ecuador
- etymology:
- the country's position on the globe,
- straddling the Equator,
- accounts for its Spanish name
conventional long form: Republic of Ecuador
conventional short form: Ecuador
local long form: Republica del Ecuador
local short form: Ecuadornote: etymology: the country's position on the globe, straddling the equator, Equator, accounts for its Spanish name
The same text in 2023 and 2024.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Ecuador
- conventional short form:
- Ecuador
- local long form:
- República del Ecuador
- local short form:
- Ecuador
- etymology:
- the country's position on the globe,
- straddling the Equator,
- accounts for its Spanish name
conventional long form: Republic of Ecuador
conventional short form: Ecuador
local long form: Republica República del Ecuador
local short form: Ecuador
etymology: the country's position on the globe, straddling the Equator, accounts for its Spanish name
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Ecuador
- conventional short form:
- Ecuador
- local long form:
- República del Ecuador
- local short form:
- Ecuador
- former:
- Quito
- etymology:
- the name is the Spanish word for "equator," referring to its geographic position
conventional long form: Republic of Ecuador
conventional short form: Ecuador
local long form: República del Ecuador
local short form: Ecuador
former: Quito
etymology: the country's position on the globe, straddling name is the Equator, accounts Spanish word for "equator," referring to its Spanish name geographic position
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Ecuador: Country name.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/ecuador/country-name.