Editing Flores (section)

==Etymology==
Unlike most islands in the Indonesian archipelago, the modern name ''Flores'' was given by the Portuguese. 
According to Sareng Orin Bao (1969),<ref>{{cite book|last1=Orinbao|first1=P. Sareng|year=1969|title=Nusa nipa : nama pribumi nusa Flores (warisan purba)|location=Ende (Flores)|publisher=Nusa Indah|oclc=689999229}}</ref> 
the oral tradition of the [[Sikka Regency|Sikka]] region gave the island the original name of Nusa Nipa,{{efn|Maasin, one of the oldest towns in [[Southern Leyte]] (Philippines), was also called Nipa.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Maasin city|website=southernleyte.gov.ph|url=https://southernleyte.gov.ph/maasin-city/maasin-city-history/|access-date=2024-06-10}}</ref>
}} meaning 'Dragon island'<ref>{{cite web|title=Where Do Indonesian Islands' Names Come From ?|website=thespicerouteend.com|date=22 November 2020 |url=http://thespicerouteend.com/where-do-indonesian-islands-name-come-from/|access-date=2024-06-10}}</ref> or Snake island. (''Nipa nai'' means "ascending snakes"; ''kaju nipa nai'' is the name of an unidentified tree with a bark resembling snake skin, but it can also mean "driftwood", or any sort of wood washed up in a flood.{{sfn|Forth|2009a|p=266}})
Forth says that “'Nusa Nipa' is a designation which at present is widely accepted on Flores as the indigenous name for the entire island. In spite of the argument of Sareng Orin Bao (1969) who adduces a variety of evidence favoring this interpretation, it remains uncertain whether this was in a fact a traditional usage, or at any rate one that was known throughout Flores".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Forth|first1=Gregory|year=1998|title=Beneath the volcano : religion, cosmology and spirit classification among the Nage of eastern Indonesia|location=Leiden|publisher=KITLV Press|isbn=906718120X}}</ref> The names ''Tandjoeng Bunga'' or ''Tanjung Bunga''<ref>{{cite web|title=Flores surga kita > History & Flores today|website=travel2flores.info|url=https://www.travel2flores.info/planning/facts-flores/|access-date=2024-06-10}}</ref> and ''Pulau Bunga''<ref>{{cite web|title=Flores|website=komodotouristic.com|date=22 October 2019 |url=https://www.komodotouristic.com/flores/|access-date=2024-06-10}}
</ref> are also mentioned.

The eastern part of the island, originally called Kopondai, was called ''Cabo das Flores'' (Cape of Flowers) by the Portuguese because of the flowering [[Delonix regia|flamboyant]] trees found there.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Flores|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Flores-Indonesia|access-date=2024-06-10}}</ref> That name remained.