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Mariposa

//ˌmæɹɪˈpəʊ.sə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A former municipality of Ontario, Canada, now part of the city of Kawartha Lakes.
  2. 2
    A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada.
  3. 3
    A census-designated place, the county seat of Mariposa County, California, United States.
  4. 4
    A town and capital of the Pampa Hermosa District in Satipo Province, Peru.
Noun
  1. 1
    A mariposa lily (Calochortus spp.).
  2. 2
    Former name of Yokuts (“a member of Native American group”).
  3. 3
    any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mariposa (“a butterfly”).

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