Orellana

orellana English Etymology Named for Francisco de Orellana (1511–46), Spanish explorer, who was the first to explore it in the 1540s. Proper noun en now historical The river Amazon. en 1605 Joseph de Acosta Edward Grimston History of the Indies But if we shall speake more of rivers, that great floud called by some the river of Amazons, by others Marañon, and by some the river of Orellana, which our Spaniards sailed in their discoveries, ought to blemish all the rest; and, in truth, I am in doubt whither I may tearme it a river or a sea. 1768 From all the roaring Andes, huge descends / The mighty Orellana. en. en province in c/Ecuador Puerto Francisco de Orellana (or en Coca). en town p:suf/Ucayali r:suf/Loreto c/Peru. See also Spanish Etymology Probably of Basque origin, or from the town of Orellana in Badajoz, Spain, possibly from Latin la Aureliana, see also Orell. Cf. also es Orellano, es orellano. Pronunciation Proper noun mfbysense es Proper noun es province c/Ecuador Derived terms es orellanense