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flores

1

[ flawr-eez, flohr- ]

noun

(used with a singular verb)


Flores

2

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

noun

  1. Juan Jo·sé [hwahn haw-, se], 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

/ ˈڱɔːɛ /

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. ˈڱǰɪʃ an island in the Atlantic, the westernmost of the Azores. Chief town: Santa Cruz. Area: 142 sq km (55 sq miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of flores1

1655–65; < Latin ڱōŧ plural of ڱō flower
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Example Sentences

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“We believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, Eduardo Flores Ruiz, allowing the subject — an illegal alien — to evade arrest.”

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“We believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, Eduardo Flores Ruiz, allowing the subject — an illegal alien — to evade arrest,” Patel said, adding that ICE officers had still arrested Ruiz and claiming that Dugan had "created increased danger to the public."

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By appointing a new council member, Huntington Park Mayor Arturo Flores said the city was upholding its laws and the interests of its citizens.

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"When he left Buenos Aires for the conclave, he seemed somewhat sad; he was getting ready to retire in a room at the Priests' Home in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of Flores," Guillermo Marcó, a priest from the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, told Argentine newspaper Clarín.

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Gavin Flores hit two home runs and had seven RBIs.

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