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Re: MARIPOSA ("butterfly") as a given name
In Spanish America, I've never heard of a girl named "Mariposa" and I guess that is what happens with "farfalla" (italian) and "papillon" (french). Nevertheless, you never know...
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The Italian "farfalla" means "bow tie" as well as "butterfly", which probably killed any chance of the word getting used as a name after bow ties were introduced!

This message was edited 1/2/2007, 1:13 AM

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