Why was the country of Ecuador called that way?

I know that it is because the Equatorial line passes through that country, but that line also passes through others..


so there must be something else that i dont know



What you've heard is correct: Ecuador got its name simply because the Equator passes through it. Other countries through which the Equator passes got their names for other reasons having to do with their respective histories, rather than being named for the Equator.




Ecuador was part of a single country called "La Gran Colombia", consisting of Colombia, Venezuela, & Ecuador. However dues to foreign influences it broke up, and Ecuador got its name simply because the Equator passes through it.




Ecuador straddles the equator, from that it takes its name