Florianópolis

Meaning

Proper Noun

• municipality, state capital Santa Catarina (state) Brazil (country)

Origin

• From Portuguese Florianópolis. The city was named after Floriano Peixoto, the second president of Brazil, with the addition of the -polis suffix from Ancient Greek πόλις ("city"). Before 1893, the city was known as Desterro, from the Portuguese word desterro, meaning banishment or exile.