Mariposa

[mar-uh-poh-suh, -zuh]

Mariposa is the Spanish word for "butterfly". It is also a synonym for "butterfly" in Portuguese. And it may also refer to:

Places

Mariposa (fictional town), a fictional town created by Stephen Leacock and modelled on Orillia, Ontario, Canada
Mariposa military base, a fictional top-secret military base in the Fallout universe

Mariposa (ship), a 19th century mail steamer
SS Mariposa (1931), Matson Lines ocean liner; renamed SS Homeric in 1953
USS Mariposa, war service designation of SS Mariposa
USS Mariposa (X-125), Liberty ship carrying gasoline; sunk December 30 1944 off Occidental Mindoro by Allied torpedoes after devastating Japanese air attack
Mariposa (WLB 397), USCG Seagoing Buoy Tender
SS Mariposa, in the Star Trek episode Up the Long Ladder, the name of a colony ship and the name of the planet (Mariposa) they colonise

Barbie Mariposa, a 2008 film starring Kelly Sheridan
Mariposa, a song on the album "Not So Far Away" by Wideawake
Mariposa, a 1998 album by Jennifer Peña
Mariposa azul, an alternate title for The Blue Butterfly, a 2004 film by Léa Pool, with William Hurt and Pascale Bussière
Mariposa Folk Festival, a festival in Orillia, Ontario, Canada
La Mariposa, a character from the Dead or Alive video game series

Mariposa (database), a computer database developed at the University of California, Berkeley
Mariposa lily, a category of the western North American genus Calochortus of bulbous plants
Mariposa School of Skating, a Canadian figure skating training center
Mariposa Grove, a sequoia grove located near Wawona, California in the southernmost part of Yosemite National Park.
Mariposa, Spanish for "butterfly", also used in Spanish profanity when directed towards a male
Mariposa bicycles (1975-2007), custom made by Michael Barry in Toronto, Canada
Mariposa Elementary School, An Elementary school based in Ontario, California.

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