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Florida

UK/ˈflɒɹɪdə//ˈfloɹɪdə/

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Florida proper noun: a state of the United States. Capital: Tallahassee. Largest city: Jacksonville. Also the ellipsis of University of Florida.

Proper noun

Florida

  1. A state of the United States. Capital: Tallahassee. Largest city: Jacksonville.
    • In 2012 in Florida, 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% for Florida’s other most common violations: accidentally taking your golf cart on the freeway, feeding meth to an alligator, feeding an...2015, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Municipal Violations”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 2, episode 7, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO
    • 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 of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present...2023 June 21, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, “House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations”, in CNN, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2024
  2. The peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States.
  3. Two adjacent cities in Vicente López department, Buenos Aires province, Argentina: Florida Este and Florida Oeste.
  4. A province of Santa Cruz department, Bolivia.
  5. A municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
  6. A town and commune of the Biobío region, Chile.
  7. A town in Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
  8. A municipality of Copán department, Honduras.
  9. A district of the Amazonas region, Peru.
  10. A department of Uruguay.
  11. A city, the capital of Florida department, Uruguay.
  12. A municipality and city in Camagüey province, Cuba.
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  1. A town and municipality of Puerto Rico.
  2. A barrio of the municipality of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico.
  3. A barrio in the municipality and island of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
  4. An unincorporated community in La Plata County, Colorado, named for the river.
  5. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Indiana, named for the state.
  6. A township in Parke County, Indiana, named after a place in New York.
  7. A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, perhaps named for Spanish Florida.
  8. A township in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, named after Florida Creek.
  9. A ghost town and former village in Monroe County, Missouri, named for the state.
  10. A town in Montgomery County, New York, named for the state.
  11. A village in Orange County, New York.
  12. A village in Henry County, Ohio, named for the state.
  13. A river in Colorado, flowing from Lillie Lake in the Weminuche Wilderness into the Animas near Durango.
  14. A suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa, perhaps named for the state.
  15. An unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada.
  16. A barangay of Camiling, Tarlac, Philippines.
  17. A barangay of Maria Aurora, Aurora, Philippines.
  18. A barangay of Talusan, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines.
  19. A barangay of Kapalong, Davao del Norte, Philippines.
  20. A barangay of Butuan, Agusan del Norte, Caraga, Philippines.
  21. A surname.

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Florida is also the ellipsis of University of Florida.

Florida meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Arabic

Florida in Hindi

American state
फ़्लोरिडा floriḍā, फ्लोरिडा phloriḍā

Florida in Marathi

American state
फ्लोरिडा phloriḍā

Florida in Bengali

American state
ফ্লোরিডা phlōriḍa

Florida in Arabic

American state
فْلُورِيدَا flōridā
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Florida in Persian
فلوریدا feloridâ
Florida in Thai
ฟลอริดา flɔɔ-rí-dâa

Synonyms of Florida

Origin of Florida

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”).

Words formed from Florida

Phrases with Florida

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Questions about Florida

What does Florida mean?
Florida means a state of the United States. Capital: Tallahassee. Largest city: Jacksonville.
What is Florida in Hindi?
Florida in Hindi is फ़्लोरिडा (floriḍā), फ्लोरिडा (phloriḍā). See Florida meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Florida?
Florida is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Florida?
Florida is pronounced /ˈfloɹɪdə/ (US).

Words near Florida in the dictionary

  1. floriculture
  2. floricultures
  3. floriculturist
  4. floriculturists
  5. florid
  6. Florida
  7. Florida anise
  8. Florida arrowroot
  9. Florida Bay
  10. Florida bean
  11. Florida beans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Florida (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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