Most collective nouns in everyday speech are mundane and are not specific to one specific kind, such as the word group, which may apply to people in the phrase a group of people, but may also correctly refer to dogs in the phrase a group of dogs.ther collective nouns are specific to one kind, especially terms of venery, which are words for specific groups of animals.
Quito. We had just spent five days in the wilds of Ecuador. Now it was time to experience the countryâs capital city of Quito, a throbbing metropolis of over 2.5 million people.It is called the city of eternal spring due to the combination of its locationâjust a few clicks (16 miles south) under the equatorâplus its 9000-foot-plus altitude.t is called the city of eternal spring due to the combination of its locationâjust a few clicks (16 miles south) under the equatorâplus its 9000-foot-plus altitude.
It is located in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains. With a population of 2,671,191 according to the last census (2014), Quito is the second most populous city in Ecuador, after Guayaquil.It is also the capital of the Pichincha province and the seat of the Metropolitan District of Quito.The canton recorded a population of 2,239,191 residents in the 2010 national census.he central square of Quito is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of the equator; the city itself extends to within about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) of zero latitude.