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Location of the state of Florida in the United States Etymology
[edit]From Spanish florida (“flowery”), often referring to a place's abundance of flowers. The state's name specifically is a shortening of la Florida (“the flowery one”) or Pascua Florida (“flowery Easter”).[1] It is the oldest surviving European-given place-name in the US.[2][1] The village in Orange County, New York was named in the 1760s from Latin flōrida (“flowery”).[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (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/
Audio (US): (file)
- (New York City, Philadelphia, traditional Eastern New England (except for Boston), Ireland) enPR: flärʹ-ĭ-də, IPA(key): /ˈflɑɹ.ɪ.də/
Audio (New York City): (file)
- (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈflorɪɖɑ/, /ˈflɔ-/
Proper noun
[edit]Florida
- A state of the United States. Capital: Tallahassee. Largest city: Jacksonville.
- 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: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 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”, in CNN[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 of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee.
- The peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States.
- Ellipsis of University of Florida. Synonym: UF Coordinate terms: Florida State, FSU (not to be confused)
- Several places in South and Central America:
- Two adjacent cities in Vicente López department, Buenos Aires province, Argentina: Florida Este and Florida Oeste.
- A province of Santa Cruz department, Bolivia.
- A municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
- A town and commune of the Biobío region, Chile.
- A town in Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
- A municipality of Copán department, Honduras.
- A district of the Amazonas region, Peru.
- A department of Uruguay.
- A city, the capital of Florida department, Uruguay.
- Several places in the Caribbean:
- A municipality and city in Camagüey province, Cuba.
- A town and municipality of Puerto Rico.
- A barrio of the municipality of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico.
- A barrio in the municipality and island of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
- Several places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in La Plata County, Colorado, named for the river.
- An unincorporated community in Madison County, Indiana, named for the state.
- A township in Parke County, Indiana, named after a place in New York.
- A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, perhaps named for Spanish Florida.
- A township in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, named after Florida Creek.
- A ghost town and former village in Monroe County, Missouri, named for the state.
- A town in Montgomery County, New York, named for the state.
- A village in Orange County, New York.
- A village in Henry County, Ohio, named for the state.
- A river in Colorado, flowing from Lillie Lake in the Weminuche Wilderness into the Animas near Durango.
- A suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa, perhaps named for the state.
- An unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada.
- Several places in the Philippines:
- A barangay of Camiling, Tarlac, Philippines.
- A barangay of Maria Aurora, Aurora, Philippines.
- A barangay of Talusan, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines.
- A barangay of Kapalong, Davao del Norte, Philippines.
- A barangay of Butuan, Agusan del Norte, Caraga, Philippines.
- A surname.
Derived terms
[edit]- FL
- Fla.
- Florabama
- Floribama
- Floribbean
- Florida anise (Illicium floridanum)
- Florida apple snail (Pomacea paludosa)
- Florida arrowroot (Zamia integrifolia)
- Florida banded water snake (Nerodia fasciata pictiventris)
- Florida bass (Micropterus salmoides)
- Florida Bay
- Florida bayberry (Myrica inodora)
- Florida beggarweed (Desmodium tortuosum)
- Florida black bear (Ursus americanus floridanus)
- Florida black wolf (Canis rufus floridanus)
- Florida bog frog (Lithobates okaloosae)
- Florida bonneted bat (Eumops floridanus)
- Florida box, Florida boxwood (Schaefferia frutescens)
- Florida box turtle (Terrapene carolina bauri)
- Florida caper (Capparis cynophallophora)
- Florida carpenter ant
- Florida cat's claw (Pithecolobium unguis-cati)
- Florida City
- Florida cornel (Cornus florida)
- Florida cottonmouth (Agkistrodon conanti)
- Florida cracker
- Florida dogwood (Cornus florida)
- Florida duck (Anas fulvigula fulvigula)
- Florida gallinule (Gallinula galeata cachinnans)
- Florida gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus)
- Florida grackle (Quiscalus quiscula quiscula)
- Florida honeymoon
- Florida horse conch (Triplofusus giganteus)
- Florida jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens)
- Florida Keys
- Florida kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula floridana)
- Florida laurel (Symplocos tinctoria)
- Florida leaf-footed bug (Acanthocephala femorata)
- Florida mahogany (Persea borbonia)
- Florida Man
- Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris)
- Florida maple
- Florida mastiff bat (Eumops floridanus)
- Florida moss (Tillandsia spp.)
- Florida mouse (Podomys floridanus)
- Florida panther (Puma concolor couguar)
- Florida pine (Pinus palustris)
- Florida red-bellied cooter, Florida redbelly turtle (Pseudemys nelsoni)
- Florida redbelly snake (Storeria occipitomaculata obscura
- Florida red scale (Chrysomphalus aonidum)
- Florida room
- Florida salt marsh vole (Microtus dukecampbelli)
- Florida sand skink (Plestiodon reynoldsi)
- Florida scrub jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens)
- Florida selaginella (Selaginella eatonii
- Florida softshell turtle (Apalone ferox)
- Florida stone crab (Menippe mercenaria)
- Florida Strait, Florida Straits
- Florida wax scale (Ceroplastes floridensis)
- Florida wolf (Canis rufus floridanus)
- Florida Woman
- Florida woods cockroach (Eurycotis floridana)
- Florida yellow pine (Pinus palustris)
- Florida yew (Taxus floridana, Torreya taxifolia))
- Floridian
- Floridization
- Straits of Florida
Translations
[edit] American state
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Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Florida is the 31251st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 742 individuals. Florida is most common among White (64.82%) individuals.
See also
[edit]- Mount Florida
- Strata Florida (from Latin)
| States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Federal district: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
References
[edit]- ↑ 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, retrieved 23 May 2018, page 79
Albanian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Florida f
- a female given name
Catalan
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Florida f
- Florida (a state of the United States)
- Florida, Florida Peninsula (the peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States)
Central Nahuatl
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Florida
- Florida (a state of the United States)
Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): [ˈflorɪda]
Proper noun
[edit]Florida f (relational adjective floridský, demonym Floriďan, female demonym Floriďanka)
- Florida (a state of the United States)
- Florida, Florida Peninsula (the peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States)
Declension
[edit] Declension of Florida (sg-only hard feminine)| singular | |
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| nominative | Florida |
| genitive | Floridy |
| dative | Floridě |
| accusative | Floridu |
| vocative | Florido |
| locative | Floridě |
| instrumental | Floridou |
Further reading
[edit]- “Florida”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
Danish
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English Florida.
Proper noun
[edit]Florida (genitive Floridas)
- Florida (a state of the United States)
- Florida, Florida Peninsula (the peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States)
Dutch
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Etymology
[edit]At least since the 16th century; probably from Spanish
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Florida
- Florida (a state of the United States)
Finnish
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Etymology
[edit]From English Florida.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈfloridɑ/, [ˈflo̞ridɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -oridɑ
- Syllabification(key): Flo‧ri‧da
- Hyphenation(key): Flo‧ri‧da
Proper noun
[edit]Florida
- Florida (a state of the United States)
- Florida, Florida Peninsula (the peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Florida (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Florida | — | |
| genitive | Floridan | — | |
| partitive | Floridaa | — | |
| illative | Floridaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Florida | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Florida | — |
| gen. | Floridan | ||
| genitive | Floridan | — | |
| partitive | Floridaa | — | |
| inessive | Floridassa | — | |
| elative | Floridasta | — | |
| illative | Floridaan | — | |
| adessive | Floridalla | — | |
| ablative | Floridalta | — | |
| allative | Floridalle | — | |
| essive | Floridana | — | |
| translative | Floridaksi | — | |
| abessive | Floridatta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
[edit] compounds- floridanhylje
- floridankalkkarokäärme
- floridanleike
- floridanvesi
- floridanvesimyyrä
- floridanvesirotta
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]At least since the 17th century; probably from Spanish or Dutch Florida, or maybe from English Florida.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈflɔʁida/
- IPA(key): /ˈflɔɹədɐ/ (uncommon, emulating English)
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Florida n (proper noun, genitive Floridas or (optionally with an article) Florida)
- Florida (a state of the United States)
- Florida, Florida Peninsula (the peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States)
Italian
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English Florida.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈflɔ.ri.da/, (traditional) /floˈri.da/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɔrida, (traditional) -ida
- Hyphenation: Flò‧ri‧da, (traditional) Flo‧rì‧da
Proper noun
[edit]Florida f
- Florida (a state of the United States)
- Florida, Florida Peninsula (the peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States)
References
[edit]- ^ Florida in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
| Stati: Alabama · Alasca (Alaska) · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Luisiana (Louisiana) · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · Carolina Settentrionale · Nord Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · Carolina Meridionale · Sud Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · Virginia Occidentale · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Distretto federale: Washington D.C. |
| Territori: Samoa americane · Guam · Isole Marianne Settentrionali · Porto Rico · Isole minori esterne degli Stati Uniti · Isole Vergini Americane |
Latin
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɫoː.rɪ.da]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈflɔː.ri.da]
Proper noun
[edit]Flōrida f sg (genitive Flōridae); first declension
- (New Latin) Florida (a state of the United States)
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
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| nominative | Flōrida |
| genitive | Flōridae |
| dative | Flōridae |
| accusative | Flōridam |
| ablative | Flōridā |
| vocative | Flōrida |
| locative | Flōridae |
Lithuanian
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English Florida, from Spanish Florida.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): [ˈflɔrʲɪdɐ]
- Hyphenation: Flo‧ri‧da
Proper noun
[edit]Flòrida f (uncountable) stress pattern 1
- Florida (a state of the United States)
- Florida, Florida Peninsula (the peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States)
Declension
[edit]| nominative | Flòrida |
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| genitive | Flòridos |
| dative | Flòridai |
| accusative | Flòridą |
| instrumental | Flòrida |
| locative | Flòridoje |
| vocative | Flòrida |
See also
[edit]| Valsti̇̀jos: Alabamà · Aliaskà · Arizonà · Árkanzasas · Kalifòrnija · Kolorãdas · Konèktikutas · Dèlaveras · Flòrida · Džòrdžija · Havãjai · Áidahas · Ilinòjus · Indianà · Ãjova · Kánzasas · Kentùkis · Luizianà · Mei̇̃nas · Mèrilandas · Masačùsetsas · Mi̇̀čiganas · Minesotà · Misisi̇̀pė · Misū̃ris · Montanà · Nebraskà · Nevadà · Naujàsis Hámpšyras · Naujàsis Džèrsis · Naujóji Mèksika · Niujòrkas · Pietų̃ Karolinà · Pietų̃ Dakotà · Ohãjas · Oklahomà · Òregonas · Pensilvãnija · Rod Áilandas · Šiáurės Karolinà · Šiáurės Dakotà · Tenèsis · Tèksasas · Jutà · Vermòntas · Virdži̇̀nija · Vãšingtonas · Vakarų̃ Virdži̇̀nija · Viskònsinas · Vajòmingas |
| Federãcinė apýgarda: Kolùmbijos apýgarda |
| Teritòrijos: Amèrikos Samòa · Guãmas · Mariãnos Šiauri̇̀nės Sãlos · Puèrto Ri̇̀kas · Mãžosios Tólimosios Sãlos · Mergẽlių Sãlos |
Further reading
[edit]- “Florida”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
- “Florida” in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija [Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia]
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /flǒrida/
- Hyphenation: Flo‧ri‧da
Proper noun
[edit]Flòrida f (Cyrillic spelling Фло̀рида)
- Florida (a state of the United States)
- Florida, Florida Peninsula (the peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States)
Declension
[edit] Declension of Florida| singular | |
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| nominative | Florida |
| genitive | Floride |
| dative | Floridi |
| accusative | Floridu |
| vocative | Florido |
| locative | Floridi |
| instrumental | Floridom |
Further reading
[edit]- “Florida”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
Slovak
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /flɔrida/, [ˈflɔrida]
- Rhymes: -ida
- Hyphenation: Flo‧ri‧da
Proper noun
[edit]Florida f (relational adjective floridský, demonym Floriďan, female demonym Floriďanka)
- Florida (a state of the United States) na Floride ― in Florida
- Florida, Florida Peninsula (the peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States) na Floride ― in Florida
Declension
[edit]| singular | |
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| nominative | Florida |
| genitive | Floridy |
| dative | Floride |
| accusative | Floridu |
| locative | Floride |
| instrumental | Floridou |
Further reading
[edit]- “Florida”, in Slovníkový 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, 2003–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named la florida (“the land of flowers”) by Spanish explorer Ponce de León, referring to its blooming vegetation and the current season having been Pascua Florida.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /floˈɾida/ [floˈɾi.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -ida
- Syllabification: Flo‧ri‧da
Proper noun
[edit]Florida f
- Florida (a state of the United States)
- Florida, Florida Peninsula (the peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States)
- a city in Camagüey, Cuba
- a department of Uruguay
- a city in Uruguay
Usage notes
[edit]- 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.
Derived terms
[edit]- floridano
- floridiano
See also
[edit]
Florida on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
References
[edit]- ^ La Florida Del Inca and the Struggle for Social Equality in Colonial Spanish America. University of Alabama Press. p. 33
Further reading
[edit]- “Florida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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