English Explanatory Dictionary

Orellana

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The river Amazon.
  2. A surname.
  3. A province in Ecuador. Capital: Puerto Francisco de Orellana (or Coca).
  4. A town in Ucayali province, Loreto region, Peru.

Word forms

Orellana

Etymology

Named for Francisco de Orellana (1511–46), Spanish explorer, who was the first to explore it in the 1540s.

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