Mariposa

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

Contents 1 Places 1.1 Canada 1.2 Peru 1.3 United States 1.4 Fictional 2 Ships 3 Entertainment 4 Other uses

[edit] Places

[edit] Canada

• Mariposa, Ontario, an extinct unincorporated community and geographic township
• Mariposa, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality
• Mariposa Beach, Ontario, an extinct unincorporated community

[edit] Peru

• Mariposa, Junín Province, capital of the Pampa Hermosa district

[edit] United States

• Mariposa, California, an unincorporated community
• Mariposa County, California
  • Mariposan (Yokut) people and language of this region
• Mariposa, Rio Rancho, New Mexico, a master-planned community

[edit] Fictional

• 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

[edit] Ships

• 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

[edit] Entertainment

• 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
• MariposaHD, an internet TV show
• La Mariposa, a character from the Dead or Alive video game series

[edit] Other uses

• 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