City of Quito Word Search
Play a City of Quito word search free online. We built the 12-word list around its architecture, its landscape, and the people who built it, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: QUITO, BAROQUE, MESTIZO, BASILICA, CATHEDRAL, FRANCISCAN, JESUIT, PANECILLO, PICHINCHA, COTOPAXI, CAYAMBE, BASALT.
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City of Quito word list, defined
- BAROQUE /bəˈrɒk/ (British) ; /bəˈroʊk/ (US) · adjective (also noun)
- Relating to or characteristic of the Baroque style of art, architecture, and music prevalent in Europe from the early 17th to the mid-18th century, marked by elaborate ornamentation, dramatic movement, and rich detail; by extension, extravagantly ornate, convoluted, or grotesque in style. Related: ornate, elaborate, flamboyant, florid.
- MESTIZO /mɛsˈtiːzoʊ/ · noun, adjective
- A person of mixed European and indigenous American ancestry, or a person of mixed European and African ancestry in some contexts. The term can also be used as an adjective to describe something related to or characteristic of mestizos. Related: mixed-heritage, half-breed, hybrid, multiracial.
- BASILICA /bəˈsɪlɪkə/ · noun
- A large, important Christian church building, typically having a longitudinal nave with side aisles and often a raised apse at one end; in the Roman Catholic Church, a basilica is also an official ecclesiastical rank conferred on certain churches. Related: church, cathedral, minster, temple.
- CATHEDRAL /kəˈθiːdrəl/ · noun
- The principal church of a diocese, containing the bishop's official throne (cathedra) and serving as the central church of a Christian diocese. Related: minster, basilica, duomo.
- JESUIT /ˈdʒɛz.jʊ.ɪt/ · noun
- A member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order of priests and brothers founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Related: Jesuit priest, Jesuit brother, Ignatian.
- BASALT /ˈbæsɔːlt, ˈbeɪsɔːlt/ · noun
- A dark, fine-grained igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of lava at or near the Earth's surface; it is the most abundant rock in the oceanic crust. Related: lava rock, igneous rock, volcanic rock, traprock.
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