Florence
English
Etymology
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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
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒɹəns
Proper noun
Florence
- A province of Tuscany, Italy.
- The capital city of the province Tuscany..
- 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.
- A city, the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States.
- A town, the county seat of Pinal County, Arizona, United States.
- A city in Kentucky.
- A town in Mississippi.
- A city in South Carolina, and the county seat of Florence County.
- An unincorporated census-designated place in Wisconsin, also the county seat of Florence County.
Derived terms
Translations
province in Tuscany, Italy
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city in Tuscany, Italy
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female given name
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Noun
Florence (plural Florences)
- (historical) An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III, coined by Florentines and worth six shillings sterling.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Camden to this entry?)
- (historical) A kind of silk fabric; florentine.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Florence f
- Florence (a province of Tuscany, Italy)
- Florence (the city)
- a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Florence, feminine form of the saint's name Florent.
Derived terms
Descendants
Latvian
Etymology
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Proper noun
Florence f (4th declension)
Declension
Declension of Florence (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | Florence | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | Florenci | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | Florences | — |
dative (datīvs) | Florencei | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | Florenci | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | Florencē | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | Florence | — |
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English Florence.
Proper noun
Florence
- a female given name from English
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