flores

¹

[flawr-eez, flohr-]

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. flower.

Flores

²

[flaw-res, flawr-is, -eez, flohr-, flaw-rish]

noun

1. Juan José 1800–64, Ecuadorian general and statesman: president 1830–35, 1839–45.

2. one of the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia, separated from Sulawesi by the Flores Sea. 7,753 sq. mi. (20,080 sq. km).

3. the westernmost island of the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 55 sq. mi. (142 sq. km).

Flores

/ ˈflɔːrɛs /

noun

1. an island in Indonesia, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, between the Flores Sea and the Savu Sea: mountainous, with active volcanoes and unexplored forests. Chief town: Ende. Area: 17 150 sq km (6622 sq miles)

2. an island in the Atlantic, the westernmost of the Azores. Chief town: Santa Cruz. Area: 142 sq km (55 sq miles)

Word History and Origins

Origin of flores¹

1655–65; < Latin flōrēs plural of flōs flower

Example Sentences

Oil giants have fled California, but James Flores is desperate to get in, even if it means crossing swords with the state.

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Flores, Sable’s chief executive, wagered that he could patch a leaky pipeline that once caused a disastrous oil spill, ship tens of thousands of barrels of crude to California’s refineries—and earn a windfall.

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But Flores, who is known in the industry as a hard-charging CEO, is digging in.

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“Sable is very concerned about the state’s crumbling energy complex,” Flores said in a statement last month.

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Flores’s persistence has puzzled even some of his industry peers, who say that California’s regulatory regime is kryptonite for oil-and-gas firms.

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