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Floreana en · PROPN · etymology 1

Etymology

From Spanish isla Floreana, from floreana, from Ecuadorian president Juan José Flores + -ana (“-an: forming adjectives”), a name bestowed in 1832 upon Ecuador's annexation of the Galapagos Islands.

Meanings

  1. An island of San Cristobal canton, Galapagos, Ecuador.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Floriana alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Floreana giant tortoise

Synonyms

Mercedes · King Charles's Island · Santa Maria · Charles

Translations (3)

mr फ्लोरेआना (Translations) · es Floreana (Translations) · es isla Floreana (Translations)

wikipedia: Juan José Flores

Floreana en · PROPN · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. A female given name, variant of Floriana.
    • 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,^([sic]) ceremony performed by the Rev. Leon Roy, at St. John’s church, Brunswick, Saturday morning. 1941 July 7, “[State Social-⁠-Clubs-⁠-Features] Pelletier-Bouley”, in The Lewiston Daily Sun, volume XLIX, Lewiston, Me., →OCLC, page 5, column 1:
    • Miss Floreana and Benny Morgan, of Jackson’s Creek, enterred^([sic]) school last Monday. 1898 October 26, “Denton Notes”, in H. B. Varner, editor, The Davidson Dispatch, volume XVII, number 25, Lexington, N.C., →OCLC, page [3], column 5:
    • Charlie had as typists […] Miss Floreana Mayer […] 1973 January 21, Edward J. Gerrity, “[This Is My Town] Abbott First Settler”, in The Sunday Times, volume 8, number 3, Scranton, Pa., →OCLC, page B-5, column 4: