Florence

Meaning

Name

1. A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Florence and the region of Tuscany, Italy.
2. A metropolitan city of Tuscany, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Florence.
3. (historical) A former province of Tuscany.
4. A female given name from Latin.
5. (obsolete) A male given name from Latin.
6. A community in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
7. A suburb of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
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38. (historical) A medieval and early modern republic centered on the city of Florence in Italy that existed from 1115 to 1185 and from 1197 to 1569 when the Grand Duchy of Tuscany was formed.

Noun

1. (historical) An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III, coined by Florentines and worth six shillings sterling.
2. (historical) A kind of silk fabric; florentine.

Synonyms

Firenze

Italy

Translations

Florence

Florence

Firenze

Florencia

Florenz

Florença

Florentia

Florence

Floransa

Florència

Φλωρεντία

Florence

فلورنسا

Florence

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈflɒɹəns/

Etymology

Cognate with English: bloom

In summary

Borrowed from French Florence, from Latin Flōrentia (as a given name, a feminine form of Flōrentius), from flōrens (“flowering, flourishing”), from flōs (“flower”), connected with English bloom and blossom. Doublet of Firenze.
The female given name gained popularity from Florence Nightingale who was born in the Tuscan city.