Florida

See also: florida, Flórida, and Flórída

English

Map of US highlighting Florida

Etymology 1

From Spanish, a shortening of either la Florida (“the flowery one”) or Pascua Florida (“flowery Easter”). It is the oldest surviving European-given place-name in the US.

Pronunciation

• enPR: flŏrʹ-ĭ-də, IPA^(key): /ˈflɒɹ.ɪ.də/, /ˈflɒɹ.ə.də/
• enPR: flôrʹ-ĭ-də, IPA^(key): /ˈflɔɹ.ɪ.də/, /ˈflɔɹ.ə.də/, /ˈflɔɹ.də/
• 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.
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2. The peninsula which makes up most of the state.
3. A province of the Santa Cruz department, Bolivia.
4. A town in Biobío, Chile.
5. A town in the Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
6. A city in Cuba.
7. A town in the Copán department, Honduras.
8. A department of Uruguay.
9. A city in Uruguay; the capital of Florida Department.
10. A district of Amazonas, Peru.
11. A locale in Puerto Rico.
    1. A town.
    2. A barrio of San Lorenzo.
    3. A barrio of Viqeues.
12. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa; perhaps named for the state.
13. A locale in the United States.
    1. A town in New York; named for the state.
    2. A town in Massachusetts; perhaps named for Spanish Florida.
    3. A village in Ohio; named for the state.
    4. An uninhabited village in Missouri; named for the state.
    5. An unincorporated community in Colorado; named for the river.
    6. An unincorporated community in Indiana; named for the state.
14. A river in Colorado; flowing from Lillie Lake in the Weminuche Wilderness into the Animas near Durango.
15. University of Florida.

Derived terms

• FL
• Fla.
• Floribbean
• Florida anise
• Florida Keys
• Florida room
• Floridian
• Floridization

 

Translations

US state

• Arabic: فْلُورِيدَا f (flōridā, filōridā)

  Egyptian Arabic: فلوريدا f (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), 佛罗里达 (fat⁶ lo⁴ lei⁵ daat⁶), 佛州 (fat⁶ zau¹)

  Mandarin: 佛羅里達／佛罗里达 (zh) (Fóluólǐdá), 佛罗里达 (zh) (Fóluólǐdá), 佛州 (Fózhōu)

• 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)
• Greek: Φλόριντα (el) f (Flórinta)
• Hebrew: פלוֹרִידָה 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)
• Korean: 플로리다 (Peullorida)
• Latvian: Florida f
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• Limburgish: Florida
• Lithuanian: Florida 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)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Флорида f

  Roman: Florida (sh) f

• Slovak: Florida f
• Slovene: Florida f
• Spanish: Florida (es) f
• Swedish: Florida c
• Thai: ฟลอริดา (flɔɔ-rí-dâa)
• Turkish: Florida
• Ukrainian: Флорида f (Floryda)
• Yiddish: פֿלאָרידאַ (florida), פֿלאָרידע (floride)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Florida

Etymology 2

From Latin flōrida (“flowery”).

Proper noun

Florida

1. A village in New York, United States.

Further reading

• Florida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Catalan

Proper noun

Florida f

1. Florida

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Czech

Proper noun

Florida f

1. Florida

Derived terms

• Floriďan
• floridský

Further reading

• Template:R:KNLA

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Florida.

Proper noun

Florida (genitive Floridas)

1. Florida

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Florida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfloridɑ/, [ˈflo̞ridɑ̝]
• Hyphenation: Flo‧ri‧da

Proper noun

Florida

1. Florida (a state of the 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	—
abessive		Floridatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Florida (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Floridani — accusative nom. Floridani — gen. Floridani genitive Floridani — partitive Floridaani — inessive Floridassani — elative Floridastani — illative Floridaani — adessive Floridallani — ablative Floridaltani — allative Floridalleni — essive Floridanani — translative Floridakseni — abessive Floridattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Floridasi — accusative nom. Floridasi — gen. Floridasi genitive Floridasi — partitive Floridaasi — inessive Floridassasi — elative Floridastasi — illative Floridaasi — adessive Floridallasi — ablative Floridaltasi — allative Floridallesi — essive Floridanasi — translative Floridaksesi — abessive Floridattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Floridamme — accusative nom. Floridamme — gen. Floridamme genitive Floridamme — partitive Floridaamme — inessive Floridassamme — elative Floridastamme — illative Floridaamme — adessive Floridallamme — ablative Floridaltamme — allative Floridallemme — essive Floridanamme — translative Floridaksemme — abessive Floridattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Floridanne — accusative nom. Floridanne — gen. Floridanne genitive Floridanne — partitive Floridaanne — inessive Floridassanne — elative Floridastanne — illative Floridaanne — adessive Floridallanne — ablative Floridaltanne — allative Floridallenne — essive Floridananne — translative Floridaksenne — abessive Floridattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Floridansa — accusative nom. Floridansa — gen. Floridansa genitive Floridansa — partitive Floridaansa — inessive Floridassaan Floridassansa — elative Floridastaan Floridastansa — illative Floridaansa — adessive Floridallaan Floridallansa — ablative Floridaltaan Floridaltansa — allative Floridalleen Floridallensa — essive Floridanaan Floridanansa — translative Floridakseen Floridaksensa — abessive Floridattaan Floridattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

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German

Etymology

From English Florida.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Florida n (proper noun, strong, genitive Floridas)

1. Florida

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Italian

Etymology

From English Florida.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Florida f

1. Florida (a state of the United States)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Flòrida f (Cyrillic spelling Фло̀рида)

1. Florida (U.S. state)

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 (U.S. state)

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 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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /floˈɾida/ [floˈɾi.ð̞a]

Proper noun

Florida f

1. Florida

Related terms

• floridano

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.

See also

• Florida on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es