Floresta

Floresta

1. A neighbourhood in western Buenos Aires, Argentina.
   • 1957 September, H. R. Stones, “Centenary of the First Railway in Argentina”, in Railway Magazine, page 621:

     On August 30, 1857, the first railway in the Argentine Republic was opened to public service from Plaza del Parque in the capital city of Buenos Aires to the suburb of Floresta, a distance of just over six miles.

2. A municipality in Paraná state, Brazil.
3. A city in Pernambuco state, Brazil.
4. A neighbourhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
5. A town and municipality in Boyacá department, Colombia.
6. A comune in the Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, Italy.

From an alteration of Medieval Latin foresta (“forest”), whence Italian foresta.

• IPA^(key): /floˈrɛs.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛsta
• Hyphenation: Flo‧rè‧sta

Floresta f

1. a village in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy

• florestano

Floresta m or f by sense

1. a surname transferred from the place name

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2026

• IPA^(key): /floˈɾesta/ [floˈɾes.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -esta
• Syllabification: Flo‧res‧ta

Floresta ?

1. Floresta (a neighbourhood in western Buenos Aires, Argentina).
2. Floresta (a town and municipality in Boyacá department, Colombia).