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Floreana
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floreana
English
thumb|right|300px|Floreana Island
Etymology 1
From en es isla es Floreana, from es floreana, from Ecuadorian president Juan José Flores + es -ana -an: forming adjectives, a name bestowed in 1832 upon Ecuador's annexation of the Galapagos Islands.
Alternative forms
en Floriana obsolete
Proper noun
en island canton/San Cristobal p/Galapagos c/Ecuador.
Synonyms
en Charles, en King Charles's Island, en Mercedes, en Santa Maria obsolete
Derived terms
en Floreana giant tortoise
Translations
Marathi: mr फ्लोरेआना m
Spanish: es isla es Floreana, es Floreana
Etymology 2
Proper noun
en female Floriana.
en 26 October 1898 Denton Notes H. B. Varner The Davidson Dispatch XVII 25 Lexington, N.C. [3] https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/64195311/ 5 24679542 Miss Floreana and Benny Morgan, of Jackson’s Creek, enterred school last Monday.
en 7 July 1941 [State Social-⁠-Clubs-⁠-Features] Pelletier-Bouley w:The Lewiston Daily Sun XLIX Lewiston, Me. 5 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/828860270/ 1 9248627 Wearing a gown of white faille, voile, Miss Leona Floreana Bouley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bouley of Brunswick, became the bride of Renand Pelletier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donat Pelletier, of Topsham, at an 8 o’clock, ceremony performed by the Rev. Leon Roy, at St. John’s church, Brunswick, Saturday morning.
en 21 January 1973 Edward J. Gerrity [This Is My Town] Abbott First Settler The Sunday Times 8 3 Scranton, Pa. B-5 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/534422853/ 4 10432698 Charlie had as typists Miss Floreana Mayer