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Mariposa is the Spanish word for butterfly. It may also refer to:

Geography

Canada

Peru

United States

Sea vessels

Entertainment

People and history

  • Mariposa War, a war between Native Americans and miners in California that lasted from May 1850 until June 1851
  • Las Mariposas, nickname for the Mirabal sisters, Dominican political dissidents who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo
  • Mariposa Battalion, a California State Militia unit formed in 1851 to fight the Miwok and Yokuts people in the Mariposa War

Music

Albums

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Artists

Other

See also

  • Mariposan, the Yokuts people and language of California