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esperanza

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What does esperanza mean?

proper noun

  1. A municipality of Masbate, Philippines.
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noun

  1. (rare) yellow bells (Tecoma stans)

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He resolved, therefore, to avoid these hazards, to go forward to the Islands of the Malucos, and therehence to sail the course of the Portugals by the Cape of Buena Esperanza.
Francis PrettySir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #2991
Snow had been seen to fall also at Teneriffe, in a place lying above Esperanza de la Laguna, very near the town of that name, in the gardens of which the artocarpus flourishes.
Alexander von Humboldt; Aimé BonplandPersonal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1Translated by Thomasina RossProject Gutenberg ebook #6322
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Sir Hugh Willonghby was put in command of the expedition, which consisted of three ships,--the Bona Esperanza, the Bona Ventura (Captain Chancellor), and the Bona Confidentia (Captain Durforth),--most probably ships built by Venetians.
Samuel SmilesMen of Invention and IndustryProject Gutenberg ebook #725