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ˈflɔr ɪs, -iz, ˈfloʊr- for 2 ; Port. ˈflɔ rɪʃ for 3flo·res

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  1. Flores

    Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. Including the Komodo Islands off its west coast (but excluding the Solor Archipelago to the east of Flores), the land area is 15,530.58 km2, and the population was 1,878,875 in the 2020 Census (including various offshore islands); the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 1,897,550. The largest towns are Maumere and Ende. The name Flores is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "Flowers". Flores is located east of Sumbawa and the Komodo islands, and west of the Solor Islands and the Alor Archipelago. To the southeast is Timor. To the south, across the Sumba Strait, is Sumba island and to the north, beyond the Flores Sea, is Sulawesi. Among all islands containing Indonesian territory, Flores is the 10th most populous after Java, Sumatra, Borneo (Kalimantan), Sulawesi, New Guinea, Bali, Madura, Lombok, and Timor and also the 10th biggest island of Indonesia. Until the arrival of modern humans, Flores was inhabited by Homo floresiensis, a pygmy archaic human.

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  1. Flores

    Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, an island arc with an estimated area of 14,300 km² extending east from the Java island of Indonesia. The population was 1,831,000 in the 2010 census and the largest town is Maumere. Flores is Portuguese for "flowers". Flores is located east of Sumbawa and Komodo and west of Lembata and the Alor Archipelago. To the southeast is Timor. To the south, across the Sumba strait, is Sumba and to the north, beyond the Flores Sea, is Sulawesi. On 12 December 1992, an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale occurred, killing 2,500 people in and around Maumere, including islands off the North coast.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. FLORES

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Flores is ranked #40 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Flores surname appeared 433,969 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 147 would have the surname Flores.

    91.9% or 398,991 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    4.8% or 21,134 total occurrences were White.
    2% or 9,027 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.4% or 1,823 total occurrences were Black.
    0.3% or 1,562 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.3% or 1,475 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Flores in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Flores in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Flores in a Sentence

  1. Nancy Pelosi:

    It’s a great honor to welcome Congresswoman Flores to the Capitol and to the Congress of the United States with great congratulations, and again, grateful for her leadership and her beautiful family who is here today.

  2. Tony Cipolla:

    Investigators began ground penetrating radar at the home of Ruben Flores Tuesday morning at about 7:30 and concluded about 5 p.m., they dug on the property today using hand tools. They recovered items of evidence both inside and outside the residence, in the ground.

  3. Marco Bertini:

    Flores is moving so fast -- the development I've seen in the past five years is the equivalent of 20 years' development in other parts of Indonesia, there weren't any roads back then -- just rocks and mud. There was only one real restaurant in town. Now there are probably 20 good places to eat.

  4. Scott Walker:

    [ Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wisc. ] was confronted by a family of an undocumented worker in Scott Walker childhood hometown of Plainfield, Iowa during one of the final stops of his whirlwind presidential campaign launch tour on Sunday. Jose Flores, an undocumented immigrant who calls Wisconsin home, was accompanied by Jose Flores 13-year-old daughter Leslie and 7-year-old son Luis, both of whom were born in the United States and naturalized citizens … Shaking Flores ’ hand, Scott Walker said Jose Flores ‘ completely sympathize [ s ] with the situation you’re all in and others are in ’ but … ‘ The fact is, we’re a nation of laws, and unfortunately, the president last year, after saying 22 times before last year that he could n’t make the law himself, he said he was n’t the emperor … he decided to change the law even though the courts announced that you ca n’t do that. ’.

  5. Amy Klobuchar:

    Lucy Flores ' said we need to listen to women, and Lucy Flores ' is right. We need to listen to women. The bottom line here is that women deserve the respect and the opportunity to share these stories, and it takes tremendous courage to do so, and that's not easy, what she just did on TV.

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