Florida

Florida

See also: florida, Flórida, and Flórída

English

Map of US highlighting Florida

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”).[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

• (Boston, Received Pronunciation) 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/
• (NYC, Philadelphia, traditional Eastern New England (except for Boston), Ireland) enPR: flärʹ-ĭ-də, IPA^(key): /ˈflɑɹ.ɪ.də/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Florida

1. A state of the United States. Capital: Tallahassee. Largest city: Jacksonville.
   • 2015, Tim Carvell; Josh Gondelman; Dan Gurewitch; Jeff Maurer; Ben Silva; Will Tracy; Jill Twiss; Seena Vali; Julie Weiner, “Municipal Violations”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 2, episode 7, HBO, Warner Bros. Television:

     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!

2. The peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States.
3. 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 the Santa Cruz department, Bolivia.
   3. A municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
   4. A town and commune of the Biobío region, Chile.
   5. A town in the Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
   6. A municipality of the Copán department, Honduras.
   7. A district of the Amazonas region, Peru.
   8. A department of Uruguay.
   9. A city, the capital of the Florida department, Uruguay.
4. 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.
5. Several places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporatedcommunity in La Plata County, Colorado, named for the river.
   2. An unincorporatedcommunity 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.
6. A suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa, perhaps named for the state.
7. An unincorporatedcommunity in Ontario, Canada.
8. University of Florida.

Derived terms

• FL
• Fla.
• Floribbean
• Florida anise
• Florida black wolf
• Florida honeymoon
• Florida horse conch
• Florida Keys
• Florida Man
• Florida panther
• Florida room
• Florida scrub jay
• Floridian
• Floridization

 

Translations

American state

Arabic: فْلُورِيدَا‎ f (flōridā, filōridā) Egyptian Arabic: فلوريدا‎ f (florida) Asturian: Florida f Basque: Florida Belarusian: Флары́да f (Flarýda) Bulgarian: Флорида f (Florida) Catalan: Florida f Chinese: Cantonese: 佛羅里達, 佛罗里达 (fat6 lo4 lei5 daat6), 佛州 (fat6 zau1) Mandarin: 佛羅里達／佛罗里达 (zh) (Fóluólǐdá), 佛州 (zh) (Fózhōu) Corsican: Florida f Czech: Florida (cs) f Danish: Florida Dutch: Florida (nl) Esperanto: Florido Estonian: Florida (et) Finnish: Florida (fi) French: Floride (fr) f Galician: Florida (gl) f Georgian: ფლორიდა (plorida) German: Florida (de) n Greek: Φλόριντα (el) f (Flórinta) Hebrew: פלוֹרִידָה‎ (he) f (flórida) Hindi: फ़्लोरिडा m (floriḍā), फ्लोरिडा m (phloriḍā) Hungarian: Florida (hu) Italian: Florida (it) f Japanese: フロリダ州 (Furórida-shū) Khmer: រដ្ឋផ្លរីដា (roat plɔɔriidaa), ផ្លរីដា (phlɑɑriidaa) Korean: 플로리다 (Peullorida) Latvian: Florida f Limburgish: Florida Lithuanian: Florida (lt) f Macedonian: Флори́да f (Florída) Maltese: Florida Navajo: Gah Bikeeʼ Taah Yíʼáhí Norman: Floride f Norwegian: Bokmål: Florida (no) Nynorsk: Florida Occitan: Florida (oc) f, Florida (oc) f Persian: فلوریدا‎ (fa) (feloridâ) Polish: Floryda (pl) f Portuguese: Flórida (pt) f Romanian: Florida (ro) f Russian: Флори́да (ru) f (Florída), Фло́рида (ru) f (Flórida) Sardinian: Flòrida f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Флорида f Roman: Florida (sh) f Slovak: Florida f Slovene: Florida f Spanish: Florida (es) f Swedish: Florida (sv) c Thai: ฟลอริดา (flɔɔ-rí-dâa) Turkish: Florida Ukrainian: Флорида f (Floryda) West Frisian: Floarida Yiddish: פֿלאָרידאַ‎ (florida), פֿלאָרידע‎ (floride)

See also

• Mount Florida
• Strata Florida (from Latin)

Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)

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

1. Steven Otfinoski, Juan Ponce de Leon: Discoverer of Florida (2004, ISBN 07614161020, page 38
2. 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.
3. From Abbotts to Zurich: New York State Placenames‎ (in English), Syracuse University Press, 2004, →ISBN, retrieved 23 May 2018, page 79

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Catalan

Proper noun

Florida f

1. Florida (a state of the United States)
2. Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)

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Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Florida

1. Florida (a state of the United States)

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Czech

Proper noun

Florida f

1. Florida (a state of the United States)
2. Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)

Derived terms

• Floriďan
• floridský

Further reading

• Florida in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Florida.

Proper noun

Florida (genitive Floridas)

1. Florida (a state of the United States)
2. Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)

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Dutch

Etymology

At least since the 16th century; probably from Spanish

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Florida

1. Florida (a state of the United States)

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Florida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfloridɑ/, [ˈflo̞ridɑ]
• Rhymes: -oridɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Flo‧ri‧da

Proper noun

Florida

1. Florida (a state of the United States)
2. Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)

Declension

Inflection of Florida (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
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	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Floridatta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Florida (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Floridani	Floridamme
2nd person	Floridasi	Floridanne
3rd person	Floridansa

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German

Etymology

At least since the 17th century; probably from Spanish or Dutch Florida, or maybe from English Florida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɔʁida/
• IPA^(key): /ˈflɔɹədɐ/ (uncommon, emulating English)

• Audio

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Proper noun

Florida n (proper noun, genitive Floridas or (optionally with an article) Florida)

1. Florida (a state of the United States)
2. Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Florida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɔ.ri.da/, (traditional) /floˈri.da/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔrida, (traditional) -ida
• Hyphenation: Flò‧ri‧da, (traditional) Flo‧rì‧da

Proper noun

Florida f

1. Florida (a state of the United States)
2. Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)

References

1. Florida in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfloː.ri.da/, [ˈfɫ̪oːrɪd̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈflo.ri.da/, [ˈflɔːrid̪ä]

Proper noun

Flōrida f sg (genitive Flōridae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Florida

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Flōrida
Genitive	Flōridae
Dative	Flōridae
Accusative	Flōridam
Ablative	Flōridā
Vocative	Flōrida
Locative	Flōridae

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flǒrida/
• Hyphenation: Flo‧ri‧da

Proper noun

Flòrida f (Cyrillic spelling Фло̀рида)

1. Florida (a state of the United States)
2. Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)

Declension

Declension of Florida

	singular
nominative	Florida
genitive	Floride
dative	Floridi
accusative	Floridu
vocative	Florido
locative	Floridi
instrumental	Floridom

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflo.ri.da/
• Hyphenation: Flo‧ri‧da

Proper noun

Florida f (genitive singular Floridy, declension pattern of žena)

1. Florida (a state of the United States)
2. Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)

Usage notes

Uses the preposition na.

Declension

Declension of Florida

	singulare tantum
nominative	Florida
genitive	Floridy
dative	Floride
accusative	Floridu
locative	Floride
instrumental	Floridou

Derived terms

• Floriďan m
• Floriďanka f
• floridský

References

• Florida in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Spanish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /floˈɾida/ [floˈɾi.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: Flo‧ri‧da

Proper noun

Florida f

1. Florida (a state of the United States)
2. Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)
3. A city in Camagüey, Cuba
4. A department of Uruguay
5. A city in Uruguay

Usage notes

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

• floridano
• floridiano

See also

• Florida on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

References

1. La Florida Del Inca and the Struggle for Social Equality in Colonial Spanish America. University of Alabama Press. p. 33

Further reading

• “Florida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014