Florida

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Canada, US/ˈfloɹɪdə/Canada, US/ˈfloɹədə/Canada, US/ˈfloɹdə/Boston, UK/ˈflɒɹɪdə/

proper noun

A state of the United States. Capital: Tallahassee. Largest city: Jacksonville.

Similar
UF
OriginSpanish florida ← Latin floridus →
Very commonScrabble 11
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A state of the United States. Capital: Tallahassee. Largest city: Jacksonville.
    2 more examples

    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!

    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 but he is not on the Ethics Committee.

    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. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of University of Florida.

    Synonyms: UF

  4. 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 Santa Cruz department, Bolivia.
    3. A municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
    4. A town and commune of the Biobío region, Chile.
    5. A town in Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
    6. A municipality of Copán department, Honduras.
    7. A district of the Amazonas region, Peru.
    8. A department of Uruguay.
    9. A city, the capital of Florida department, Uruguay.
  5. 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.
  6. Several places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in La Plata County, Colorado, named for the river.
    2. An unincorporated community 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.
  7. A suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa, perhaps named for the state.
  8. An unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada.
  9. Several places in the Philippines:
    1. A barangay of Camiling, Tarlac, Philippines.
    2. A barangay of Maria Aurora, Aurora, Philippines.
    3. A barangay of Talusan, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines.
    4. A barangay of Kapalong, Davao del Norte, Philippines.
    5. A barangay of Butuan, Agusan del Norte, Caraga, Philippines.
  10. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounEllipsis of University of Florida.

Similar
UF
Also see
norwood

Origin

  1. Latinflōrida“flowery”
  2. Latinfloridus
  3. Spanishflorida“flowery”
  4. EnglishFlorida

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”).

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Translations

Afrikaans Florida
  • FloridaAmerican state
Arabic فْلُورِيدَا
  • فْلُورِيدَا (flōridā)American state
Basque Florida
  • FloridaAmerican state
Bengali ফ্লোরিডা
  • ফ্লোরিডা (phlōriḍa)American state
Bulgarian Фло́рида
  • Фло́рида (Flórida)American state
Catalan Florida
  • FloridaAmerican state
Chinese Cantonese 佛羅里達 /佛罗里达, 佛州
  • 佛羅里達 /佛罗里达 (fat⁶ lo⁴ lei⁵ daat⁶)American state
  • 佛州 (fat⁶ zau¹)American state
Chinese Mandarin 佛羅里達 /佛罗里达, 佛州
  • 佛羅里達 /佛罗里达 (Fóluólǐdá)American state
  • 佛州 (Fózhōu)American state
Czech Florida
  • FloridaAmerican state
Danish Florida
  • FloridaAmerican state
Dutch Florida
  • FloridaAmerican state
Esperanto Florido
  • FloridoAmerican state
Estonian Florida
  • FloridaAmerican state
Finnish Florida
  • FloridaAmerican state
French Floride
  • FlorideAmerican state
German Florida
  • FloridaAmerican state
Greek Φλόριντα
  • Φλόριντα (Flórinta)American state
Hebrew פלוֹרִידָה
  • פלוֹרִידָה (flórida)American state
Hindi फ़्लोरिडा, फ्लोरिडा
  • फ़्लोरिडा (floriḍā)American state
  • फ्लोरिडा (phloriḍā)American state
Hungarian Florida
  • FloridaAmerican state
Icelandic Flórída
  • FlórídaAmerican state
Italian Florida
  • FloridaAmerican state
Japanese フロリダ
  • フロリダ (Furorida)American state
Korean 플로리다
  • 플로리다 (Peullorida)American state
Latvian Florida
  • FloridaAmerican state
Lithuanian Florida
  • FloridaAmerican state
Norwegian Bokmål Florida
  • FloridaAmerican state
Persian فلوریدا
  • فلوریدا (feloridâ)American state
Polish Floryda
  • FlorydaAmerican state
Portuguese Flórida
  • FlóridaAmerican state
Romanian Florida
  • FloridaAmerican state
Russian Флори́да, Фло́рида
  • Флори́да (Florída)American state
  • Фло́рида (Flórida)American state
Slovak Florida
  • FloridaAmerican state
Spanish Florida
  • FloridaAmerican state
Swedish Florida
  • FloridaAmerican state
Thai ฟลอริดา
  • ฟลอริดา (flɔɔ-rí-dâa)American state
Turkish Florida
  • FloridaAmerican state
Ukrainian Флорида
  • Флорида (Floryda)American state
Yiddish פֿלאָרידאַ, פֿלאָרידע
  • פֿלאָרידאַ (florida)American state
  • פֿלאָרידע (floride)American state
Cite this entry
APA

Florida. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Florida

MLA

“Florida.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Florida. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Florida,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Florida.

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