Florida

A state of the United States. Capital: Tallahassee. Largest city: Jacksonville.

Proper noun

  1. A state of the United States. Capital: Tallahassee. Largest city: Jacksonville.
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  2. The peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States.
  3. Ellipsis of University of Florida.

    Synonyms: UF

    Coordinate Terms: Florida State FSU

  4. Several places in South and Central America:
    1. Two adjacent cities in Vicente López department, Buenos Aires province, Argentina: Florida Este and Florida Oeste.

    2. A province of Santa Cruz department, Bolivia.

    3. A municipality of Paraná, Brazil.

    4. A town and commune of the Biobío region, Chile.

    5. A town in Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.

    6. A municipality of Copán department, Honduras.

    7. A district of the Amazonas region, Peru.

    8. A department of Uruguay.

    9. A city, the capital of Florida department, Uruguay.

  5. Several places in the Caribbean:
    1. A municipality and city in Camagüey province, Cuba.

    2. A town and municipality of Puerto Rico.

    3. A barrio of the municipality of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico.

    4. A barrio in the municipality and island of Vieques, Puerto Rico.

  6. Several places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in La Plata County, Colorado, named for the river.

    2. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Indiana, named for the state.

    3. A township in Parke County, Indiana, named after a place in New York.

    4. A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, perhaps named for Spanish Florida.

    5. A township in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, named after Florida Creek.

    6. A ghost town and former village in Monroe County, Missouri, named for the state.

    7. A town in Montgomery County, New York, named for the state.

    8. A village in Orange County, New York.

    9. A village in Henry County, Ohio, named for the state.

    10. A river in Colorado, flowing from Lillie Lake in the Weminuche Wilderness into the Animas near Durango.

  7. A suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa, perhaps named for the state.
  8. An unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada.
  9. Several places in the Philippines:
    1. A barangay of Camiling, Tarlac, Philippines.

    2. A barangay of Maria Aurora, Aurora, Philippines.

    3. A barangay of Talusan, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines.

    4. A barangay of Kapalong, Davao del Norte, Philippines.

    5. A barangay of Butuan, Agusan del Norte, Caraga, Philippines.

  10. A surname.

Origin

From Spanish florida (“flowery”), often referring to a place's abundance of flowers, from Latin floridus. The state's name specifically is a shortening of la Florida (“the flowery one”) or Pascua Florida (“flowery Easter”). It is the oldest surviving European-given place-name in the US. The village in Orange County, New York was named in the 1760s from Latin flōrida (“flowery”).

Wikipedia

Florida

Related

Mount Florida Strata Florida

Derived

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