Flores

See also: flores, florès, and flôres

English

Flores (yellow) within Indonesia (green)

Etymology 1

From Portuguese Flores, from flores (“flowers”).

Proper noun

Flores

1. An island in Azores, Portugal, in the North Atlantic.
2. An island in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, located east of Java.

   Holonym: Lesser Sunda Islands

See also

• Floresville
• Flores minivet

Etymology 2

From Spanish Flores, from flores (“flowers”).

Proper noun

Flores

1. A surname from Spanish.
2. A province of Uruguay.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Flores is the 40^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 433,969 individuals. Flores is most common among Hispanic/Latino (91.9%) individuals.

Anagrams

• forels, lofers

Aklanon

Etymology

From Spanish Flores. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

Proper noun

Flores

1. a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Flores

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Flores. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: flo‧res
• IPA^(key): /ˈploɾes/, [ˈpl̪o.ɾ̪ɪs̪]

Proper noun

Flores

1. a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Flores, the most common in Visayas and most of Mindanao

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish Flores. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

Proper noun

Flores

1. a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Flores

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfloɾes/ [ˈflo.ɾes]
• Rhymes: -oɾes
• Syllabification: Flo‧res

Proper noun

Flores m or f by sense

1. a surname

Derived terms

• floreana
• Floreana

 

Proper noun

Flores ?

1. A department of Uruguay

See also

• poronguero

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Flores. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfloɾes/, [ˈflo.ɾɛs]

• IPA^(key): /ˈploɾes/, [ˈplo.ɾɛs]
• Hyphenation: Flo‧res

Proper noun

Flores (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔)

1. a common surname from Spanish

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Flores is the 7^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 312,187 individuals.