Flora
English

Goddess Flora

Flora astronomical symbol
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflɔːɹə/
- Homophone: flora
- Rhymes: -ɔːɹə
Proper noun
Flora
- (Roman mythology) the goddess of flowers, nature and spring; she is also the wife of Favonius and the mother of Karpos. She is the Roman counterpart of Chloris.
- (astronomy) 8 Flora, a main-belt asteroid.
- A female given name.
- 1933 Eleanor Farjeon, Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber 1933, page 91 ("Girls' Names")
- What lovely names for girls there are! / There's Stella like the Evening Star, / And Sylvia like a rustling tree, / And Lola like a melody, / And Flora like a flowery morn, […]
- 1933 Eleanor Farjeon, Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber 1933, page 91 ("Girls' Names")
- A surname.
- a place name
- a city in Illinois
- a town in Indiana
- a town in Mississippi
- a municipality in Norway
- a municipality in Apayao, the Philippines
- a resort in Suriname
Translations
the goddess of flowers
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flɔ.ʁa/
German
Pronunciation
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Italian
Latin

Flōra
Etymology
From flōs (“blossom”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfloː.ra/, [ˈfɫoː.ra]
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Flōra | Flōrae |
Genitive | Flōrae | Flōrārum |
Dative | Flōrae | Flōrīs |
Accusative | Flōram | Flōrās |
Ablative | Flōrā | Flōrīs |
Vocative | Flōra | Flōrae |
References
- Flora in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Flora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Flora
- a municipality in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, with its administrative centre in Florø. To be merged with Vågsøy on 1 January 2020 under the new name of Kinn.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Flora
- a municipality in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, with its administrative centre in Florø.
Portuguese
Proper noun
Flora f
- A female given name, equivalent to English Flora
- (Roman mythology) Flora (goddess of nature)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfloɾa/
Tagalog
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