overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

Mariposa.

A former municipality of Ontario, Canada, now part of the city of Kawartha Lakes.

8 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˌmæɹɪˈpəʊ.sə/Received-Pronunciation/ˌmæɹɪˈpoʊ.sə/General-American/ˌmɛɹɪˈpoʊ.sə/

  1. A former municipality of Ontario, Canada, now part of the city of Kawartha Lakes.

  2. A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada.

  3. A census-designated place, the county seat of Mariposa County, California, United States.

  4. A town and capital of the Pampa Hermosa District in Satipo Province, Peru.

noun/ˌmæɹɪˈpəʊ.sə/Received-Pronunciation/ˌmæɹɪˈpoʊ.sə/General-American/ˌmɛɹɪˈpoʊ.sə/

  1. Former name of Yokuts (“a member of Native American group”).

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

Mariposa has 8 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

Mariposa studioMariposa workshello, Mariposa

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.