Florida
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, 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)
- (NYC, Philadelphia, traditional Eastern New England (except for Boston), Ireland) enPR: flärʹ-ĭ-də, IPA(key): /ˈflɑɹ.ɪ.də/
Audio (NYC) (file)
Proper noun
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!
- The peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States.
- 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 the Santa Cruz department, Bolivia.
- A municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
- A town and commune of the Biobío region, Chile.
- A town in the Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
- A municipality of the Copán department, Honduras.
- A district of the Amazonas region, Peru.
- A department of Uruguay.
- A city, the capital of the 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.
- University of Florida.
Derived terms
Translations
American state
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See also
- 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
- 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, Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 23 May 2018, page 79
Catalan
Proper noun
Florida f
- Florida (a state of the United States)
- Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)
Central Nahuatl
Czech
Proper noun
Florida f (related adjective floridský, demonym Floriďan, female demonym Floriďanka)
- Florida (a state of the United States)
- Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)
Declension
Further reading
- Florida in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
Danish
Proper noun
Florida (genitive Floridas)
- Florida (a state of the United States)
- Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfloridɑ/, [ˈflo̞ridɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -oridɑ
- Syllabification(key): Flo‧ri‧da
Proper noun
Florida
- Florida (a state of the United States)
- Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)
Declension
| 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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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 (file)
Proper noun
Florida n (proper noun, genitive Floridas or (optionally with an article) Florida)
- Florida (a state of the United States)
- Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)
Italian
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
- Florida (a state of the United States)
- Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)
References
- Florida in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfloː.ri.da/, [ˈfɫ̪oːrɪd̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈflo.ri.da/, [ˈflɔːrid̪ä]
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Flōrida |
| Genitive | Flōridae |
| Dative | Flōridae |
| Accusative | Flōridam |
| Ablative | Flōridā |
| Vocative | Flōrida |
| Locative | Flōridae |
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flǒrida/
- Hyphenation: Flo‧ri‧da
Proper noun
Flòrida f (Cyrillic spelling Фло̀рида)
- Florida (a state of the United States)
- Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflo.ri.da/
- Hyphenation: Flo‧ri‧da
Proper noun
Florida f (genitive singular Floridy, declension pattern of žena)
- Florida (a state of the United States)
- Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)
Usage notes
- Uses the preposition na.
Declension
Derived terms
- Floriďan m
- Floriďanka f
- floridský
References
- “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, 2024
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
- Florida (a state of the United States)
- Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)
- A city in Camagüey, Cuba
- A department of Uruguay
- 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
See also
Florida on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
References
- 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
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