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  flores

  noun

  flower.
• Flores
  Flores

  noun

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

flores

¹ American  

[flawr-eez, flohr-] / ˈflɔr iz, ˈfloʊr- /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. flower.

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Flores ² American  

[flaw-res, flawr-is, -eez, flohr-, flaw-rish] / ˈflɔ rɛs, ˈflɔr ɪs, -iz, ˈfloʊr-, ˈflɔ rɪʃ /

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).

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Flores British  

/ 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)

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Etymology

Origin of flores

1655–65; < Latin flōrēs plural of flōs flower

Example Sentences

Una pianista está de paso en México y visita una tumba llevando flores, un joven le reclama que allí yace su madre.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2020

Mi cuerpo libre para una patria libre. @latingrammys #latingrammys Instagram lo censura por eso las flores.

From The Guardian • Nov. 15, 2019

Entre ellas había una sala para corte de flores, otra de almacenamiento de plata con humedad controlada, una barbería y varias salas de envoltura de regalos.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2019

Dressed in a large white tablecloth adorned with plastic fruit and a crown of pink flores de maga atop her dark, curly brown hair, Colón strides onstage with effortless confidence.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2019

Me he perdido muchas veces por el mar con el oido lleno de flores recien cortadas, con la lengua llena de amor y de agorua.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García