Floreana

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proper noun

An island of San Cristobal canton, Galapagos, Ecuador.

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Meanings

Floreana1

Floreana2

proper noun
  1. A female given name, variant of Floriana.

    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
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    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

    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

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounAn island of San Cristobal canton, Galapagos, Ecuador.

Also see

Origin

  1. Spanishisla
  2. EnglishFloreana

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.

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Translations

Spanish isla Floreana, Floreana
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APA

Floreana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Floreana

MLA

“Floreana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Floreana. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Floreana,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Floreana.

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