Fly

A surname.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.

Forms

Flys

Proper noun Entry 2

  1. A river in Papua New Guinea

Origin

The Fly was first discovered by Europeans in 1845 when Francis Blackwood, commanding the corvette HMS Fly, surveyed the western coast of the Gulf of Papua. The river was named after his ship and he proclaimed that it would be possible for a small steam-powered boat to travel up the mighty river.