floreana
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An island of San Cristobal canton, Galapagos, Ecuador.
name
A female given name, variant of Floriana.
Example Sentences
- "Miss Floreana and Benny Morgan, of Jackson’s Creek, enterred^([sic]) school last Monday."
- "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."
- "Charlie had as typists […] Miss Floreana Mayer […]"
Etymology
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.