Florida

Meaning

1. A state of the United States. Capital: Tallahassee. Largest city: Jacksonville.
2. The peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States.
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26. A suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa, perhaps named for the state.
27. An unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada.
28. University of Florida.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈflɒɹ.ɪ.də/

Etymology

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”). 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”).

Sentences

After he was fired , the two left Puerto Rico to work in Miami , Florida .