Policarpa combines the Greek poly (much) and karpos (fruit) — "much fruit." **Policarpa Salavarrieta (1795-1817)** — known as **"La Pola"** — was the **Colombian seamstress-spy of the independence movement**, gathering intelligence from Spanish officers whose uniforms she sewed. **Captured and executed by firing squad at age 22**, she famously cursed her executioners from the scaffold: "Wretched people! I have more than enough courage to suffer this death and a thousand more."
**Honored on Colombian currency and a national holiday (Day of the Colombian Woman, November 14).**
Policarpa reduces to seven — the number of Colombian martyr.