# Mariposa

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**Mariposa** is the Spanish word for [butterfly](/source/Butterfly). It may also refer to:

## Geography

### Canada

- [Mariposa, Ontario](/source/Mariposa,_Ontario), former municipality of the southwest corner of Victoria County
- [Mariposa, Saskatchewan](/source/Mariposa,_Saskatchewan), a rural municipality
- [Mariposa (fictional town)](/source/Mariposa_(fictional_town)), a fictional Canadian town created by Stephen Leacock, modelled on Orillia, Ontario

### Peru

- [Mariposa, Satipo Province](/source/Mariposa,_Satipo_Province), capital of the Pampa Hermosa District in Peru

### United States

- [Mariposa County, California](/source/Mariposa_County,_California), a county in the U.S. state of California, located in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range
- [Mariposa, California](/source/Mariposa,_California), seat of the county in California
- [Mariposa Township, Saunders County, Nebraska](/source/Mariposa_Township,_Saunders_County,_Nebraska)
- Mariposa, a [master-planned community in Rio Rancho, New Mexico](/source/Rio_Rancho,_New_Mexico#Economy)
- [Mariposa station (Los Angeles Metro)](/source/Mariposa_station_(Los_Angeles_Metro))
- [Mariposa station (San Francisco)](/source/Mariposa_station_(San_Francisco))
- [Mariposa Grove](/source/Mariposa_Grove), a sequoia grove located near Wawona, California, in the southernmost part of Yosemite National Park

## Sea vessels

- [SS *Mariposa* (1883)](/source/SS_Mariposa_(1883)), iron ship of the Oceanic Steamship Company which provided service between San Francisco and other Pacific ports
- [SS *Mariposa* (1931)](/source/SS_Mariposa_(1931)), Matson Lines ocean liner; renamed SS *Homeric* in 1953
- [SS *Mariposa* (1953)](/source/SS_Mariposa_(1953)), originally built as the cargo ship *Pine Tree Mariner*
- [USCGC *Mariposa*](/source/USCGC_Mariposa), a USCG seagoing buoy tender

## Entertainment

- [*Mariposa* (novel)](/source/Mariposa_(novel)), a 2009 novel by science fiction author Greg Bear
- [La Mariposa (*Dead or Alive*)](/source/La_Mariposa_(Dead_or_Alive)), a character in the video game series *Dead or Alive*
- *La Mariposa*, a 1998 novel by [Francisco Jiménez (writer)](/source/Francisco_Jim%C3%A9nez_(writer))
- *[Barbie Mariposa](/source/Barbie_Mariposa)*, a 2008 movie (alternate title: Barbie: Mariposa and her Butterfly Fairy Friends)

## People and history

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

## Music

- [Mariposa Folk Festival](/source/Mariposa_Folk_Festival), a folk music festival in Ontario, Canada

### Albums

- [*Mariposa* (album)](/source/Mariposa_(album)), a 2015 album by Lodovica Comello
- *Mariposa*, a 1998 album by [Jennifer Peña](/source/Jennifer_Pe%C3%B1a)
- Mariposa, a 1992 album by [Rein Sanction](/source/Rein_Sanction)

### Songs

- ["Mariposas" (Sangiovanni song)](/source/Mariposas_(Sangiovanni_song)), a 2022 song by Sangiovanni with Aitana
- ["Mariposa" (song)](/source/Mariposa_(song)), a 2019 song by Peach Tree Rascals
- "La Mariposa", classical guitar composition by [Francisco Tárrega](/source/Francisco_T%C3%A1rrega) (1852–1909)
- "Mariposa", a 1981 song by Freeez from *[Southern Freeez](/source/Southern_Freeez_(album))*
- "Mariposa", a 2000 song by La Oreja de Van Gogh from *[El viaje de Copperpot](/source/El_viaje_de_Copperpot)*
- "Mariposa", a 2003 song by [Sugarfree](/source/Sugarfree_(Filipino_band))
- "Mariposa", a 2005 song by Wideawake from *[Not So Far Away](/source/Not_So_Far_Away)*
- "Mariposa", a 2024 song by [Fiorella Mannoia](/source/Fiorella_Mannoia) from *Disobbedire*
- "Mariposas", a 2010 song by Shakira from *[Sale el Sol](/source/Sale_el_Sol)*
- "Mariposas", a 2011 song by Belanova on *[Sueño Electro II](/source/Sue%C3%B1o_Electro_II)*
- "Dirty Mariposa", a 2022 song by [Parov Stelar](/source/Parov_Stelar) from *Moonlight Love Affair*

### Artists

- Mariposa, a pseudonym of [Madeline Johnston](/source/Madeline_Johnston)

## Other

- [Mariposa botnet](/source/Mariposa_botnet), a botnet involved in cyberscamming and denial of service attacks
- [Mariposa lily](/source/Mariposa_lily), a bulbous plant species of the genus *Calochortus*; native to western North America
- [Mariposa School of Skating](/source/Mariposa_School_of_Skating), a Canadian figure-skating training center
- [Moth](/source/Moth), a flying insect related to the butterfly
- [Mariposa (wrestler)](/source/Mariposa_(wrestler)), American professional wrestler
- *[Mariposa](/source/Mariposa_(2020_film))*, a 2020 Indonesian film

## See also

- [Mariposan](/source/Mariposan), the Yokuts people and language of California

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