Sp. /flaw"rddes/ for 1; /flawr"is, -eez, flohr"-/ for 2; Port. /flaw"rddish/ for 3 , n.
1. Juan José /hwahn haw se"/ , 1800-64, Ecuadorian general and statesman: president 1830-35, 1839-45.
2. one of the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia, separated from Sulawesi by the Flores Sea. ab. 200,000 with adjacent islands; 7753 sq. mi. (20,080 sq. km).
3. the westernmost island of the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 55 sq. mi. (142 sq. km).