[flawr-eez, flohr-] 
[Sp. flaw-res for 1; flawr-is, -eez, flohr- for 2; Port. flaw-rish for 3] | 1. | Juan Jo⋅sé [hwahn haw-se] , 1800–64, Ecuadorian general and statesman: president 1830–35, 1839–45. |
| 2. | one of the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia, separated from Sulawesi by the Flores Sea. ab. 200,000 with adjacent islands; 7753 sq. mi. (20,080 sq. km). |
| 3. | the westernmost island of the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 55 sq. mi. (142 sq. km). |
| Flo·res (flôr'ĭs, -ēz, flōr'-) An island of eastern Indonesia in the Lesser Sundas on the Flores Sea, between the eastern end of the Java Sea and the western end of the Banda Sea south of Sulawesi. The island came under Dutch influence in the 17th century, although the Portuguese held the eastern end until 1851. |
| Flo·res (flô'rěs) Ecuadorian general and politician who was active in his country's struggle for independence. He was appointed Ecuador's first president in 1830 and served two terms (1830-1835 and 1839-1845). |
Flores
city, northern Guatemala. It is located on San Andres island in the southern part of Lake Peten Itza, at an elevation of 449 feet (137 metres) above sea level. Once capital of the Itza Maya, who successfully resisted Spanish attempts to conquer them until 1697, Flores is a major trade centre for the surrounding region. Chicle, timber, rubber, sugarcane, and cacao (the source of cocoa beans) are the principal products of the hinterland. Access to the city was very difficult until the opening of an airport on the mainland and the building of a causeway for road traffic. Roads lead from Flores across the surrounding area north and northwest to Mexico, east to Belize, and south to the Guatemalan highlands. It is the point of departure for expeditions to Tikal National Park and many other Mayan sites. The remaining Itza Maya communities are concentrated in the Bio-Itza Ecological Reserve north of Lake Peten Itza. Pop. (2002) 16,122.
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