In Colombia it is the name of a department, which has as its capital Armenia. Type of colombian excelso coffee of the highest quality and export, with denomination of origin. Name of a river in the coffee region in Colombia. The term is of Quechua origin (derived from the word Q'inti, which means hummingbird, tominejo, hummingbird, chupaflor, fly bird, quincha), therefore Quindío means land of hummingbirds, land of quinchas, land of chupaflores.
Plurality of hummingbirds . Etymology : From quechua kindi or quinde, zootoponymic prefix meaning hummingbird and from Latin ius or Hispanic ium in the suffix ío denoting quantity . It is thus a mixed or hybrid voice of the Spanish conquistadors to name a region of Colombia in the former governorate of Popayan with abundance and varity of hummingbirds.
