Flora en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈflɔːɹə/
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Etymology
From Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).
Meanings
- (Roman) the goddess of flowers, nature and spring; she is also the wife of Favonius and the mother of Karpos. She is the Roman counterpart of Chloris.
- 8 Flora, a main-belt asteroid.
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A female given name from Latin.
What lovely names for girls there are! / There's Stella like the Evening Star, / And Sylvia like a rustling tree, / And Lola like a melody, / And Flora like a flowery morn, […]
1933, Eleanor Farjeon, “Girls' Names”, in Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber, page 91:
- A surname.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A former community in Alachua County, Florida, annexed by Gainesville.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Clay County, Illinois.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Boone County, Illinois.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Monroe Township, Carroll County, Indiana; named for founder John Flora.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Dickinson County, Kansas.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Renville County, Minnesota.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Madison County, Mississippi; named for early resident Flora Mann Jones.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A ghost town in Meigs County, Ohio.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Wallowa County, Oregon.
- Other places elsewhere: ▸ A resort in Suriname.
- Other places elsewhere: ▸ A municipality of the Philippines.
- Other places elsewhere: ▸ A village in Selbu municipality, Trøndelag county, Norway.
- Other places elsewhere: ▸ A former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.
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Translations (29)
no Flora (the goddess of flowers) · cmn 佛洛拉 (the goddess of flowers) · cs Flóra (female given name) · cmn 花神星 (asteroid) · pt Flora (the goddess of flowers) · es Flora (female given name) · it Flora (the goddess of flowers) · es Flora (the goddess of flowers) · fr Flore (the goddess of flowers) · it Flora (asteroid) · cmn 弗洛拉 (female given name) · gd Flòraidh (female given name) · fr Flore (female given name) · cs Flóra (the goddess of flowers) · tl Flora (female given name) · de Flora (female given name) · ru Фло́ра (the goddess of flowers) · pl Flora (the goddess of flowers) · la Flōra (the goddess of flowers) · it Flora (female given name) · ru Фло́ра (asteroid) · pl Flora (female given name) · de Flora (the goddess of flowers) · mr फ्लोरा (the goddess of flowers) · fr Flora (female given name) · pt Flora (female given name) · ja フローラ (the goddess of flowers) · ru Фло́ра (female given name) · mr फ्लोरा (female given name)