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[Place]: Flores Island
[Province/territory]: British Columbia
[English translation]: "Flores" means "flowers".
[Notes]: Named in honour of Manuel Antonio Flórez, the 51st viceroy of New Spain. -
[Place]: Zayas Island
[Province/territory]: British Columbia
[English translation]: N/A
[Notes]: Named after the second pilot of Jacinto Caamaño, Juan Zayas, during the 1792 expedition. -
[Place]: Mariposa
[Province/territory]: Ontario
[English translation]: "butterfly"
[Notes]: A former township, now part of the City of Kawartha Lakes, and a community within that former township. Named by Peregrine Maitland in 1820. -
[Place]: Mariposa No. 350
[Province/territory]: Saskatchewan
[English translation]:
[Notes]: A rural municipality in Saskatchewan. -
[Place]: Alhambra
[Province/territory]: Alberta
[English translation]:
[Notes]: Named for the Alhambra, the palace/fortress in Granada -
[Place]: Ramara
[Province/territory]: Ontario
[English translation]: "Rama" means "branch" and "mara" means "sea".
[Notes]: A township formed in 1994 by the amalgamation of Rama Township and Mara Township. The origins of the names of these townships are unclear, and another possible explanation for the origins of their names is that they are named for places in the Bible: Ramah and Marah, respectively.
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