a map of the US highlighting Florida FromSpanish florida ( “ flowery ” ) , often referring to a place's abundance of flowers. The state's name specifically is a shortening ofla Florida ( “ the flowery one ” ) orPascua Florida ( “ flowery Easter ” ) .[ 1] It is the oldest surviving European-given place-name in the US.[ 2] [ 1] The village inOrange County ,New York was named in the 1760s fromLatin flōrida ( “ flowery ” ) .[ 3]
( Boston , Received Pronunciation , Canada ) enPR :flŏrʹ-ĭ-də ,IPA (key ) : /ˈflɒɹ.ɪ.də/ ,/ˈflɒɹ.ə.də/ ( Canada , General American ) enPR :flôrʹ-ĭ-də ,IPA (key ) : /ˈfloɹ.ɪ.də/ ,/ˈfloɹ.ə.də/ ,/ˈfloɹ.də/ ,/ˈflɔ.ɹɪ.də/ ,/ˈflɔ.ɹə.də/ ( New York City , Philadelphia , traditional Eastern New England (except for Boston), Ireland ) enPR :flärʹ-ĭ-də ,IPA (key ) : /ˈflɑɹ.ɪ.də/ Florida
Astate of theUnited States . Capital:Tallahassee . Largest city:Jacksonville .2015 ,Tim Carvell [et al. ], “Municipal Violations”, inLast Week Tonight with John Oliver , season 2, episode 7,John Oliver (actor),Warner Bros. Television , viaHBO :In 2012 inFlorida , a staggering 88% of all license suspensions were due to failure to comply with summons or fines, which is insane. It also leaves only 12% forFlorida ’s other most common violations: accidentally taking your golf cart on the freeway, feeding meth to an alligator, feeding an alligator to a meth dealer, and being an alligator meth dealer.Florida !
2023 June 21, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, “House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations”, inCNN [2] :The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford ofFlorida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee.
Thepeninsula which makes up most of the state ofFlorida ,United States . Ellipsis ofUniversity of Florida .Synonym: UF Coordinate terms: Florida State ,FSU ( not to be confused ) Several places inSouth andCentral America :Two adjacentcities inVicente López department,Buenos Aires province,Argentina :Florida Este andFlorida Oeste . Aprovince ofSanta Cruz department,Bolivia . Amunicipality ofParaná ,Brazil . Atown andcommune of theBiobío region,Chile . Atown inValle del Cauca department,Colombia . Amunicipality ofCopán department,Honduras . Adistrict of theAmazonas region,Peru . Adepartment ofUruguay . Acity , thecapital ofFlorida department,Uruguay . Several places in theCaribbean :Amunicipality andcity inCamagüey province,Cuba . Atown andmunicipality ofPuerto Rico . Abarrio of the municipality ofSan Lorenzo ,Puerto Rico . Abarrio in the municipality and island ofVieques ,Puerto Rico . Several places in theUnited States :Anunincorporated community inLa Plata County ,Colorado , named for the river. Anunincorporated community inMadison County ,Indiana , named for the state. Atownship inParke County ,Indiana , named after a place inNew York . Atown inBerkshire County ,Massachusetts , perhaps named forSpanish Florida . Atownship inYellow Medicine County ,Minnesota , named after Florida Creek. Aghost town and formervillage inMonroe County ,Missouri , named for the state. Atown inMontgomery County ,New York , named for the state. Avillage inOrange County ,New York . Avillage inHenry County ,Ohio , named for the state. Ariver inColorado , flowing from Lillie Lake in theWeminuche Wilderness into theAnimas nearDurango . Asuburb ofJohannesburg ,Gauteng province,South Africa , perhaps named for the state. Anunincorporated community inOntario ,Canada . Several places in thePhilippines :Abarangay ofCamiling ,Tarlac ,Philippines . Abarangay ofMaria Aurora ,Aurora ,Philippines . Abarangay ofTalusan ,Zamboanga Sibugay ,Philippines . Abarangay ofKapalong ,Davao del Norte ,Philippines . Abarangay ofButuan ,Agusan del Norte ,Caraga ,Philippines . ↑1.0 1.1 Steven Otfinoski,Juan Ponce de Leon: Discoverer of Florida (2004, ISBN 07614161020, page 38 ^ George Stewart,Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States (1945, New York: Random House), pages 11–13, 17, 18. ^ Vasiliev, Ren (2004 ),From Abbotts to Zurich: New York State Placenames [1] , Syracuse University Press,→ISBN , retrieved23 May 2018 , page79 Florida f
a femalegiven name Florida f
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Florida (astate of theUnited States )Florida f (relational adjective floridský ,demonym Floriďan ,femaledemonym Floriďanka )
Florida (astate of theUnited States )Florida ,Florida Peninsula (thepeninsula which makes up most of the state ofFlorida ,United States )Declension ofFlorida (sg-only hard feminine )
“Florida ”, inKartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) Borrowed fromEnglish Florida .
Florida (genitive Floridas )
Florida (astate of theUnited States )Florida ,Florida Peninsula (thepeninsula which makes up most of the state ofFlorida ,United States )At least since the 16th century; probably fromSpanish
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Florida (astate of theUnited States )FromEnglish Florida .
IPA (key ) : /ˈfloridɑ/ ,[ˈflo̞ridɑ̝] Rhymes:-oridɑ Syllabification(key ) :Flo‧ri‧da Hyphenation(key ) :Flo‧ri‧da Florida
Florida (astate of theUnited States )Florida ,Florida Peninsula (thepeninsula which makes up most of the state ofFlorida ,United States )At least since the 17th century; probably fromSpanish orDutch Florida , or maybe fromEnglish Florida .
IPA (key ) : /ˈflɔʁida/ IPA (key ) : /ˈflɔɹədɐ/ ( uncommon, emulating English ) Florida n (proper noun ,genitive Floridas or ( optionally with an article ) Florida )
Florida (astate of theUnited States )Florida ,Florida Peninsula (thepeninsula which makes up most of the state ofFlorida ,United States )Borrowed fromEnglish Florida .
IPA (key ) : /ˈflɔ.ri.da/ ,( traditional ) /floˈri.da/ [ 1] Rhymes:-ɔrida ,( traditional ) -ida Hyphenation:Flò‧ri‧da ,( traditional ) Flo‧rì‧da Florida f
Florida (astate of theUnited States )Florida ,Florida Peninsula (thepeninsula which makes up most of the state ofFlorida ,United States )Flōrida f sg (genitive Flōridae ) ;first declension
( New Latin ) Florida (astate of theUnited States )First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Borrowed fromEnglish Florida , fromSpanish Florida .
IPA (key ) : [ˈflɔrʲɪdɐ] Hyphenation:Flo‧ri‧da Flòrida f (uncountable ) stress pattern 1
Florida (astate of theUnited States )Florida ,Florida Peninsula (thepeninsula which makes up most of the state ofFlorida ,United States )IPA (key ) : /flǒrida/ Hyphenation:Flo‧ri‧da Flòrida f (Cyrillic spelling Фло̀рида )
Florida (astate of theUnited States )Florida ,Florida Peninsula (thepeninsula which makes up most of the state ofFlorida ,United States )“Florida ”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal ] (in Serbo-Croatian),2006–2025 IPA (key ) : /ˈflo.ri.da/ Hyphenation:Flo‧ri‧da Florida f
Florida (astate of theUnited States )Florida ,Florida Peninsula (thepeninsula which makes up most of the state ofFlorida ,United States )“Florida ”, inSlovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science ] (in Slovak),https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk ,2003–2025 Namedla florida ( “ the land of flowers ” ) by Spanish explorerPonce de León , referring to its blooming vegetation and the current season having beenPascua Florida .[ 1]
IPA (key ) : /floˈɾida/ [floˈɾi.ð̞a] Rhymes:-ida Syllabification:Flo‧ri‧da Florida f
Florida (astate of theUnited States )Florida ,Florida Peninsula (thepeninsula which makes up most of the state ofFlorida ,United States )acity inCamagüey ,Cuba adepartment ofUruguay acity inUruguay The definite article is optional when referring to Florida in Spanish (i.e.la Florida) although you will generally find it more often referred to without the definite article than with it. ^ La Florida Del Inca and the Struggle for Social Equality in Colonial Spanish America. University of Alabama Press. p. 33