Mariposa - Other Uses

Other Uses

  • Mariposa, Spanish for "butterfly", also used in Spanish profanity as a slur against gay men
  • Las Mariposas, nickname for the Mirabal sisters, Dominican political dissidents who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo
  • Mariposa botnet, a botnet involved in cyberscamming and denial of service attacks.
  • Mariposa Grove, a sequoia grove located near Wawona, California in the southernmost part of Yosemite National Park.
  • Mariposa lily, a category of the western North American genus Calochortus of bulbous plants
  • Mariposa School of Skating, a Canadian figure skating training center

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