Florence

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) 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.

The female given name gained popularity from Florence Nightingale who was born in the Tuscan city.

Pronunciation

the city of Florence, Italy

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɒɹəns/
• IPA^(key): /ˈflɔɹəns/
• IPA^(key): /ˈflɑɹɪns/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒɹəns

Proper noun

Florence

1. A province of Tuscany, Italy.
2. The capital city of the province Tuscany..
3. A female given name from Latin.
   • 1840, William Gilmore Simms, Border Beagles: A Tale of Mississippi, Donohue, Henneberry, published 1890, page 398:

     It is a sweet name, Florence, but not as sweet as herself. But you shall see her with you own eyes.

   • 2006, Sophie Hannah, Little Face, Soho, published 2007, →ISBN, page 3:

     I am glad that I chose the name Florence for my daughter, a real name with a history, rather than something that sounds as if it has been made up by a fifteen-year-old pop star's marketing team.

4. A city, the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States.
5. A town, the county seat of Pinal County, Arizona, United States.
6. A city in Kentucky.
7. A town in Mississippi.
8. A city in South Carolina, and the county seat of Florence County.
9. An unincorporated census-designated place in Wisconsin, also the county seat of Florence County.

Derived terms

• Flo
• Florence County
• Florence fennel
• Florence flask
• Florence oil
• Florentine
• Flossie

 

Translations

province in Tuscany, Italy

• Dutch: Florence (nl)
• French: Florence (fr) f
• Georgian: ფლორენცია (plorencia), ფლორენციის პროვინცია (plorenciis ṗrovincia)
• German: Florenz (de) n
• Italian: Firenze (it) f
• Macedonian: Фире́нца f (Firénca)
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• Marathi: फ्लोरेन्स m (phlorensa)
• Persian: فلورانس (florâns)
• Portuguese: Florença (pt) f
• Romanian: Florența f
• Spanish: Florencia (es) f
• Tagalog: Plorensya

city in Tuscany, Italy

• Albanian: Firencia f, Firence f
• Amharic: ፍሎረንስ f (fəloräns)
• Arabic: فْلُورِنْسَا f (flūrinsā)

  Egyptian Arabic: فْلُورِنْسَا f

• Armenian: Ֆլորենցիա (Florencʻia)
• Azerbaijani: Florensiya
• Basque: Florentzia
• Belarusian: Фларэ́нцыя f (Flaréncyja)

  Traditional: Флярэ́нцыя f (Fljaréncyja)

• Bengali: ফ্লোরেন্স (phlōrenśo)
• Bulgarian: Флоре́нция (bg) f (Floréncija)
• Catalan: Florència (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 翡冷翠 (fei² laang⁵ ceoi³), 佛羅倫斯／佛罗伦斯 (fat⁶ lo⁴ leon⁴ si¹)

  Hakka: 佛羅倫薩／佛罗伦萨 (Fu̍t-lò-lùn-sṳ̂)

  Mandarin: 佛羅倫薩／佛罗伦萨 (zh) (Fóluólúnsà), 佛罗伦萨 (zh) (Fóluólúnsà)

• Corsican: Fiurenza f
• Czech: Florencie (cs) f
• Danish: Firenze
• Dutch: Florence (nl)
• Emilian: Fiuränza f
• Esperanto: Florenco
• Finnish: Firenze (fi)
• French: Florence (fr) f
• Georgian: ფლორენცია (plorencia)
• German: Florenz (de) n
• Greek: Φλωρεντία (el) f (Florentía)
• Hebrew: פִירֶנְצֶה f (Firéntzeh)
• Hindi: फ़्लोरेन्स f (florens)
• Hungarian: Firenze (hu)
• Icelandic: Flórens f, (rare or dated) Fagurborg f
• Irish: Flórans f
• Italian: Firenze (it) f, (obsolete) Fiorenza (it) f
• Japanese: フィレンツェ (Firentse)
• Kapampangan: Plorensya
• Karakalpak: Florenciya
• Korean: 피렌체 (pirenche)
• Latin: Flōrentia (la) f
• Latvian: Florence f
• Ligurian: Firense f
• Lithuanian: Florencija f
• Lombard: Firenz f
• Macedonian: Фире́нца f (Firénca)
• Malayalam: ഫ്ലോറൻസ് (phlōṟaṉsŭ)
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• Marathi: फ्लोरेन्स n (phlorensa)
• Mazanderani: فلورانس
• Mongolian: Флоренц (Florenc)
• Mòcheno: Флоренций
• Neapolitan: Sciorenza f
• Nepali: फ्लोरेन्स (phlorensa)
• Newar: फ्लोरेन्स (phlorensa)
• Occitan: Florença f
• Old English: Florentia f
• Ossetian: Флоре́нци (Florénci)
• Persian: فلورانس (florâns)
• Piedmontese: Firense f
• Polish: Florencja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Florença (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਫਲੋਰੈਂਸ f (phalorains)
• Romanian: Florența f
• Russian: Флоре́нция (ru) f (Floréncija)
• Samogitian: Florencėjė f
• Sanskrit: फ्लोरेंस f (phloreṃsa)
• Sardinian: Firentze f, Frorentzia f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Фѝренца f

  Roman: Fìrenca (sh) f

• Sicilian: Firenzi f
• Slovene: Firence (sl) f, (obsolete) Florenca f
• Spanish: Florencia (es) f
• Swedish: Florens (sv)
• Tagalog: Plorensya
• Tamil: புளோரன்சு (puḷōraṉcu)
• Telugu: ఫ్లోరెన్స్ (phlōrens)
• Thai: ฟลอเรนซ์ (Flɔɔ-reen), ฟีเรนเซ (Fii-reen-see)
• Tibetan: ཧྥུ་ལོ་རོན་ཟིའུ་ཡ (hphu lo ron zi'u ya)
• Turkish: Floransa (tr)
• Ukrainian: Флоре́нція f (Floréncija)
• Urdu: فلورنس f
• Uyghur: Florénsa
• Uzbek: Florensiya
• Venetian: Firense f
• Veps: Florencii
• Waray-Waray: Florensya
• Welsh: Fflorens
• West Frisian: Florâns
• Western Panjabi: فلورنس
• Yiddish: פֿירענצע f (firentse)

female given name

• French: Florence (fr) f
• Greek: Ευανθία (el) f (Evanthía), Φλωρεντία (el) f (Florentía)
• Italian: Fiorenza (it) f
• Japanese: フローレンス (Furōrensu)
• Latin: Flōrentia (la) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Marathi: फ्लोरेन्स f (phlorensa)
• Persian: فلورانس (florâns)
• Portuguese: Florência (pt) f
• Spanish: Florencia (es) f

Noun

Florence (plural Florences)

1. (historical) An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III, coined by Florentines and worth six shillings sterling.

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2. (historical) A kind of silk fabric; florentine.

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French

Etymology

From Latin Flōrentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɔ.ʁɑ̃s/
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Proper noun

Florence f

1. Florence (a province of Tuscany, Italy)
2. Florence (the city)
3. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Florence, feminine form of the saint's name Florent.

Derived terms

• à la florentine
• baiser florentin
• florentin
• Florentin

 

Descendants

• → Dutch: Florence
• → English: Florence
• → German: Florenz

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Latvian

Etymology

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Proper noun

Florence f (4th declension)

1. Florence

Declension

Declension of Florence (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Florence	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Florenci	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Florences	—
dative (datīvs)	Florencei	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Florenci	—
locative (lokatīvs)	Florencē	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	Florence	—

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Florence.

Proper noun

Florence

1. a female given name from English