Mariposa is the Spanish word for

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. It may also refer to:

Geography

Canada

* Mariposa, Ontario, former municipality of the southwest corner of Victoria County * Mariposa, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality *

Mariposa (fictional town) Mariposa is a List of fictional towns in literature, fictional Canadian town created by Stephen Leacock as the setting for a series of short stories. Originally commissioned by ''The Montreal Star'' newspaper, they were later collected and publis ...

, a fictional Canadian town created by Stephen Leacock, modelled on Orillia, Ontario

Peru

Mariposa, Satipo Province The town of Mariposa is the capital of the Pampa Hermosa District in Satipo Province, Peru. See also * Administrative divisions of Peru The administrative divisions of Peru have changed from time to time since the nation gained independence from ...

, capital of the Pampa Hermosa District in Peru

United States

Mariposa County, California Mariposa County () is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 17,131. The county seat is Mariposa. It is located in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, north of Fresno, east of ...

, a county in the U.S. state of California, located in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range *

Mariposa, California Mariposa (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Butterfly") is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Mariposa County, California, Mariposa County, California, United States. The population was 1,526 at ...

, seat of the county in California * Mariposa Township, Saunders County, Nebraska * Mariposa, a master-planned community in Rio Rancho, New Mexico *

Mariposa station (Los Angeles Metro) Mariposa station is an elevated light rail station on the C Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located over Mariposa Avenue, after which the station is named, and alongside Nash Street in El Segundo, California. Mariposa is close ...

* Mariposa station (San Francisco) *

Mariposa Grove Mariposa Grove is a sequoia grove located near Wawona, California, United States, in the southernmost part of Yosemite National Park. It is the largest grove of giant sequoias in the park, with several hundred mature examples of the tree. Two of i ...

, a sequoia grove located near Wawona, California, in the southernmost part of Yosemite National Park

Sea vessels

* SS ''Mariposa'' (1883), iron ship of the Oceanic Steamship Company which provided service between San Francisco and other Pacific ports * SS ''Mariposa'' (1931), Matson Lines ocean liner; renamed SS ''Homeric'' in 1953 * , a USCG seagoing buoy tender

Entertainment

* ''Mariposa'' (novel), a 2009 novel by science fiction author Greg Bear * ''La Mariposa'', a 1998 novel by

Francisco Jiménez (writer) Francisco Jiménez (born June 29, 1943 in Tlaquepaque, Mexico) is a Mexican-American writer and professor at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. Personal life Francisco Jiménez was born in 1943 in Tlaquepaque, Mexico, as the se ...

People and history

Mariposa War The Mariposa War (December 1850 - June 1851), also known as the Yosemite Indian War, was a conflict between the United States and the indigenous people of California's Sierra Nevada in the 1850s. The war was fought primarily in Mariposa County an ...

, a war between Native Americans and miners in California that lasted from May 1850 until June 1851 *

Las Mariposas The Mirabal sisters ( es, hermanas Mirabal ) were four sisters from the Dominican Republic, three of whom (Patria, Minerva and María Teresa) opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo () and were involved in clandestine activities against his ...

, nickname for the Mirabal sisters, Dominican political dissidents who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo *

Mariposa Battalion Mariposa Battalion was a California State Militia unit formed in 1851 to defeat the Ahwahnechee and Chowchillas in the Mariposa War, a part of the California genocide. After a force under Mariposa County Sheriff James Burney was found unequal to ...

, a California State Militia unit formed in 1851 to fight the Miwok and Yokuts people in the Mariposa War

Music

Mariposa Folk Festival Mariposa Folk Festival is a Canadian music festival founded in 1961 in Orillia, Ontario. It was held in Orillia for three years before being banned because of disturbances by festival-goers. After being held in various places in Ontario for a f ...

, a folk music festival in Ontario, Canada

Albums

* ''Mariposa'' (album), a 2015 album by Lodovica Comello * ''Mariposa'', a 1998 album by

Jennifer Peña Jennifer Marcella Peña (born September 17, 1983) is an American Tejano/Latin pop singer who has sold over 3.5 million records internationally. Peña was born in San Antonio, Texas, and is the third and youngest daughter of Jaime and Mary Peñ ...

Songs

* " Mariposas" 2022

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released by the Spanish singer

Aitana Aitana (, ) is a mountain massif that is part of Prebaetic System in the eastern end of the Iberian Peninsula. Administratively, the mountainous area is located in the Marina Baixa, Alcoià and Comtat comarcas in the northern part of Alicante p ...

with

Sangiovanni Giovanni Pietro Damian (born 9 January 2003), known professionally as Sangiovanni, is an Italian singer and songwriter. In 2020, Sangiovanni took part at the 20th edition of the Italian talent show ''Amici di Maria De Filippi'', where he won the ...

* "Mariposa" (song), a 2019 song by Peach Tree Rascals * "La Mariposa", classical guitar composition by

Francisco Tárrega Francisco de Asís Tárrega Eixea (21 November 185215 December 1909) was a Spanish composer and classical guitarist of the late Romantic period. He is known for such pieces as Capricho Árabe and ''Recuerdos de la Alhambra''. He is often called ...

(1852–1909) * "Mariposa", a 1981 song by Freeez on '' Southern Freeez'' * "Mariposa", a 2000 song by La Oreja de Van Gogh from ''

El viaje de Copperpot ''El viaje de Copperpot'' (''Copperpot's Voyage'') is Spanish pop rock band La Oreja de Van Gogh's second studio album, issued by Epic Records on 11 September 2000. It was the band's first album to feature a bonus track. ''El viaje de Copperpot'' ...

'' * "Mariposa", a 2003 song by

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'' * "Mariposa", a 2005 song by Wideawake on ''

Not So Far Away Wideawake is an American alternative rock band from Austin, Texas. Their songs have been heard on ''One Tree Hill (TV series)'', ''Dawson's Creek'', ''Test Drive Unlimited 2'' and '' The Ring''. The band has shared the stage with bands and musician ...

'' * "Mariposas", a 2010 song by Shakira on ''

Sale el Sol ''Sale el Sol'' ( en, The Sun Comes Out, italic=yes) is the ninth studio album by Colombian singer and songwriter Shakira, released on 19 October 2010, by Epic Records. The album marks a return to Shakira's signature Latin pop sound after the e ...

'' * "Mariposas", a 2011 song by Belanova on '' Sueño Electro II''

Artists

*Mariposa, a pseudonym of

Madeline Johnston Madeline Elizabeth Johnston is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and audio engineer. She is best known for her work under the moniker Midwife, and has also released music as Mariposa and Sister Grotto. Her debut album, as Mari ...

Other

Mariposa botnet The Mariposa botnet, discovered December 2008, is a botnet mainly involved in cyberscamming and denial-of-service attacks. Before the botnet itself was dismantled on 23 December 2009, it consisted of up to 12 million unique IP addresses or up to 1 ...

, a botnet involved in cyberscamming and denial of service attacks *

Mariposa lily ''Calochortus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the lily family. The group includes herbaceous, perennial and bulbous species, all native to North America (primarily the Western United States). The genus ''Calochortus'' includes mariposas ( ...

, a bulbous plant species of the genus ''Calochortus''; native to western North America *

Mariposa School of Skating The Mariposa School of Skating, located in Barrie, Ontario, is a major figure skating training center in Canada. History The school was founded in Orillia, Ontario in 1973 by Doug Leigh and Tom Harrison. The school moved to Barrie in 1988 after th ...

, a Canadian figure-skating training center *

Moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

, a flying insect related to the butterfly *

Mariposa (wrestler) Melissa Anderson (born August 17, 1982) is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Cheerleader Melissa. She is best known for her work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where she worked as Alissa Flash and Raisha Saeed. ...

, American professional wrestler * ''

Barbie Mariposa ''Barbie: Fairytopia'' is a 2005 computer-animated fantasy film directed by Walter P. Martishius and William Lau and written by Elise Allen and Diane Duane. It first premiered on Nickelodeon on March 6, 2005 and was later released to VHS and DVD ...

'', a 2008 movie (alternate title: Barbie: Mariposa and her Butterfly Fairy Friends) * '' Mariposa'', a 2020 Indonesian film