# Orellana

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #92,954

## Definitions
1. The river Amazon.
2. A surname.
3. A province in Ecuador. Capital: Puerto Francisco de Orellana (or Coca).
4. A town in Ucayali province, Loreto region, Peru.

## Etymology
Named for Francisco de Orellana (1511–46), Spanish explorer, who was the first to explore it in the 1540s.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/orellana