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Florence
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English
Pronunciation
en /ˈflɒɹəns/<a:RP>
en /ˈfloɹəns/ GA,CA
en En-us-Florence.ogg US
en /ˈflɑɹɪns/ NYC
en /ˈflɔɹəns/ AU
en /ˈflɒɹəns/ [ˈflɔ̟ɹəns] NZ
en ɒɹəns 2
Etymology 1
en ine-pro *bʰleh₃-
en fr Florence Q2044 f, from en la Flōrentia (as a given name, a feminine form of la Flōrentius), from la flōrens flowering, flourishing, from la flōs flower, connected with en bloom and en blossom. en Firenze.
The female given name gained popularity from Florence Nightingale who was born in the Tuscan city.
Proper noun
<dab>
thumb|280px|right|the city of Florence, Italy
en Q2044en city/and/comune/capital metcity:Pref/Florence and the r:also:pref/Tuscany c/Italy.
en Firenze
en Q18288148en metropolitan city r/Tuscany established in 2015 the Metropolitan City of Florence.
en Firenze
en historical en former province r/Tuscany.
en Firenze
en female Latin.
en 1840 w:William Gilmore Simms Border Beagles: A Tale of Mississippi Donohue, Henneberry 1890 398 It is a sweet name, Florence, but not as sweet as herself. But you shall see her with you own eyes.
en 2006 w:Sophie Hannah Little Face Soho 2007 1569474680 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.
en community rmun:Suf/Cape Breton p/Nova Scotia c/Canada.
en suburb city:pref/Stoke-on-Trent co/Staffordshire cc/England OS grid ref SJ9142. Ward map (Stoke-on-Trent)
en number of places c/USA:
en city/county seat co/Lauderdale County s/Alabama.
en town/county seat co/Pinal County s/Arizona.
en unincorporated community co/Los Angeles County s/California.
en statutory city co/Fremont County s/Colorado.
en village co/Pike County s/Illinois.
en unincorporated community co/Stephenson County s/Illinois.
en CDP twp:Suf/York co/Switzerland County s/Indiana.
en minor city co/Marion County s/Kansas, named after daughter of Samuel J. Crawford.
en home rule city co/Boone County s/Kentucky.
en unincorporated community par/St. Mary Parish s/Louisiana.
en village city:pref/Northampton co/Hampshire County s/Massachusetts.
en tiny city co/Lyon County s/Minnesota.
en town co/Rankin County s/Mississippi.
en unincorporated community co/Morgan County s/Missouri.
en CDP co/Ravalli County s/Montana.
en neighborhood city/Omaha s/Nebraska.
en twp/and/CDP therein, in co/Burlington County s/New Jersey. TopoZone: Florence, New Jersey
en town co/Oneida County s/New York.
en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Paint co/Madison County s/Ohio.
en coastal city co/Lane County s/Oregon.
en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Hanover co/Washington County s/Pennsylvania.
en city/county seat co/Florence County s/South Carolina.
en town co/Codington County s/South Dakota.
en unincorporated community co/Rutherford County s/Tennessee.
en city co/Williamson County s/Texas.
en unincorporated community town:pref/Pittsford co/Rutland County s/Vermont.
en unincorporated community co/Snohomish County s/Washington.
en unincorporated CDP/county seat co/Florence County s/Wisconsin.
en town co/Florence County s/Wisconsin, surrounding the census-designated place of the same name.
en A number of other <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Florence Township.
en historical A medieval and early modern republic centered on the city of Florence in Italy that existed from 1115 to 1185 and from 1197 to 1569 when the Grand Duchy of Tuscany was formed.
Derived terms
en Florence Nightingale Flo Florence County Florence fennel Florence flask Flossie St Florence
Related terms
en Florentine
Translations
city in Tuscany, Italy
Albanian: sq Firencia f, sq Firence f
Amharic: am ፍሎረንስ f
Arabic: ar فْلُورَنْسَا f
Egyptian Arabic: arz فْلُورِنْسَا f
Armenian: hy Ֆլորենցիա
Azerbaijani: az Florensiya
Basque: eu Florentzia
Belarusian: be Фларэ́нцыя f, be Флярэ́нцыя f traditional
Bengali: bn ফ্লোরেন্স
Bulgarian: bg Флоре́нция f
Catalan: ca Florència f
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 翡冷翠 fei2 laang5 ceoi3, yue 佛羅倫斯 fat6 lo4 leon4 si1
Hakka: hak 佛羅倫薩 Fu̍t-lò-lùn-sṳ̂
Mandarin: cmn 佛羅倫薩 Fóluólúnsà
Corsican: co Firenze f, co Fiurenza f
Czech: cs Florencie f
Danish: da Firenze
Dutch: nl Florence n
Emilian: egl Fiuränza f
Esperanto: eo Florenco
Finnish: fi Firenze
French: fr Florence f
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Florâns n
Galician: gl Florencia
Georgian: ka ფლორენცია
German: de Florenz n
Alemannic German: gsw Florenz n
Greek: el Φλωρεντία f
Hebrew: he פִירֶנְצֶה f Firéntzeh
Hindi: hi फ़्लोरेन्स f
Hungarian: hu Firenze
Icelandic: is Flórens f, rare or dated is Fagurborg f
Irish: ga Flórans f
Italian: it Firenze f, obsolete it Fiorenza f
Japanese: ja フィレンツェ Firentse, ja フローレンス Furōrensu English form
Kapampangan: pam Plorensya
Karakalpak: kaa Florenciya
Korean: ko 피렌체
Latin: la Flōrentia f
Latvian: lv Florence f
Ligurian: lij Firense f
Lithuanian: lt Florencija f
Lombard: lmo Firenz f
Macedonian: mk Фире́нца f
Malayalam: ml ഫ്ലോറൻസ്
Marathi: mr फ्लोरेन्स n
Mazanderani: mzn فلورانس
Mongolian: mn Флоренц
Neapolitan: nap Sciorenza f
Nepali: ne फ्लोरेन्स
Newar: new फ्लोरेन्स
Occitan: oc Florença f
Mistralian: oc Flourènço f
Old English: ang Florentia f
Ossetian: os Флоре́нци
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira فلورانس florâns
Picard: pcd Fleurinche f, pcd Florinche f
Piedmontese: pms Firense f
Polish: pl Florencja f
Portuguese: pt Florença f
Punjabi: pa ਫਲੋਰੈਂਸ f
Western Punjabi: pnb فلورنس
Romanian: ro Florența f
Russian: ru Флоре́нция f
Samogitian: sgs Florencėjė f
Sanskrit: sa फ्लोरेंस f
Sardinian: sc Firentze f, sc Frorentzia f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Фѝренца f
Latin: sh Fìrenca f
Sicilian: scn Ciurenza f, scn Firenzi f Italianism
Slovene: sl Firence f, obsolete sl Florenca f
Spanish: es Florencia f
Swedish: sv Florens
Tagalog: tl Plorensya
Tajik: tg Флоренсия
Tamil: ta புளோரன்சு
Telugu: te ఫ్లోరెన్స్
Thai: th ฟลอเรนซ์, th ฟีเรนเซ
Tibetan: bo ཧྥུ་ལོ་རོན་ཟིའུ་ཡ
Turkish: tr Floransa
Ottoman Turkish: ota فرنسه Firense
Turkmen: tk Florensiýa
Ukrainian: uk Флоре́нція f
Urdu: ur فلورنس f
Uyghur: ug Florénsa
Uzbek: uz Florensiya
Venetan: vec Firense f
Veps: vep Florencii
Vietnamese: vi Flơ-ren-xơ, vi Phi-rên-xê
Waray-Waray: war Florensya
Welsh: cy Fflorens
Yiddish: yi פירענצע f פֿירענצע
metropolitan city of Tuscany, Italy
Arabic: ar فْلُورَنْسَا f, ar فْلُورَنْسَة f
Hijazi Arabic: acw فلورنسا f flōransa, acw فلورنسة f flōransa
Dutch: nl Florence n
French: fr Florence f
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Florâns n
Galician: gl Florencia
Georgian: ka ფლორენცია
German: de Florenz n
Hindi: hi फ़्लोरेन्स m
Italian: it Firenze f
Lithuanian: lt Florencija f
Macedonian: mk Фире́нца f
Marathi: mr फ्लोरेन्स m
Occitan: oc Florença f
Mistralian: oc Flourènço f
Persian: fa فلورانس florâns
Portuguese: pt Florença f
Romanian: ro Florența f
Sardinian: sc Firentze f
Sicilian: scn Ciurenza f, scn Firenzi f Italianism
Spanish: es Florencia f
Tagalog: tl Plorensya
Turkish: tr Floransa
female given name
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 弗洛倫絲 Fúluòlúnsī
French: fr Florence f
Greek: el Ευανθία f, el Φλωρεντία f
Hindi: hi फ़्लोरेन्स f
Italian: it Fiorenza f
Japanese: ja フローレンス Furōrensu
Latin: la Flōrentia f
Lithuanian: lt Florencija f
Marathi: mr फ्लोरेन्स f
Persian: fa فلورانس florâns
Portuguese: pt Florência f
Sicilian: scn Ciurenza f
Spanish: es Florencia f
Noun
en historical An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III, coined by Florentines and worth six shillings sterling.
he first gold that K. Edw . 3. coyned , was in the yeare 1343 , and the peeces were called Florences because Florentines were the coyners
en historical A kind of silk fabric; florentine. from 15th century
Etymology 2
en fr Florence<id:male given name><g:m> male given name, archaic form of fr Florent, from en la Flōrentius.
Proper noun
en male given name en obsolete en male Latin.
References
en Former polities
en Coins Fabrics
en exonyms
Dutch
Etymology
nl Q2044 :bor fr:Florence<id:Q2044> ++ +
Pronunciation
nl /flɔˈrɑns/
nl nl-Florence.ogg
nl 2 ɑns
Proper noun
n
nl + Q2044,Q18288148
nl Florentië<qq:obsolete>
Related terms
nl Florentijn florijn
Further reading
nl
French
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Florence.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
fr ɑ̃s
Etymology 1
fr Q2044 :inh frm:Florence<id:Q2044> ++ +
Proper noun
f
fr + Q2044,Q18288148
fr female Latin Florence feminine form of the saint's name fr Florent
Derived terms
fr à la florentine baiser florentin florentin Florentin
Descendants
1 ar فْلُورَنْسَا
1 nl Florence
1 en Florence
1 fa-ira فلورانس florâns
1 tr Floransa
Etymology 2
fr male given name :inh frm:Florence<id:male given name> ++ +
Compare fr Maxence masculine name m, from la Maxentius.
Proper noun
m
fr male Latin, fr Florent
fr 1678 La vie des saints pour tous les jours de l’année 2 Paris Pendant donc que ſaint Eutique gouvernoit tres-ſaintement le Monaſtere d’où on l’avoit elû Abbé, ſaint Florence demeurant ſeul dans ce lieu où il avoit accoutumé de gouter juſque là une ſi douce compagnie, eut quelque petit nuage d’ennuy : [...] 97 https://books.google.com/books?id=88I2k937JbYC&pg=PA97
fr 1686 Recueil des factums Saint Tibery, ſaint Modeſte & ſaint Florence ſont des Martyrs de nôtre Province & de nôtre voiſinage. 130 https://books.google.com/books?id=oDzEUo7H2LEC&pg=PA130
fr 1865 Édouard Fétis Catalogue descriptif et historique du Musée royal de Belgique Bruxelles […] parmi les reliques possédées par les Capucins se trouvaient celles de saint Agapit et de saint Florence […] mais ils avaient changé saint Florent ou Florence (Florentius) en saint Fulgence. 285 https://books.google.com/books?id=WUZAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA285
fr 1867 Le Martyrologe d’Usuard Il n’y est question ni de saint Géréon, ni de saint Casse, ni de saint Florence. 348 https://books.google.com/books?id=8Cdjs40h2f0C&pg=PA348 Lyon 2
Descendants
1 en Florence<id:male given name>
fr exonyms
Friulian
Proper noun
fur proper noun f
fur + Q2044,Q18288148
Related terms
fur florentin
Latvian
lv:
Etymology
lv
Proper noun
f 4th
lv + Q2044,Q18288148
Declension
Florenc e 5th no-pl proper
Middle French
Etymology 1
frm Q2044 :uder la:Flōrentia ++ +
Proper noun
f
frm Florence Q2044
Related terms
frm Florentin
Descendants
fr Florence Q2044
Etymology 2
frm male given name :uder la:Flōrentius ++ +
Compare frm Maxence masculine name m, from la Maxentius.
Proper noun
m
frm male Latin
frm 1491 La mer des hystoires Sainct florence folio 95 [iiiixx.xv] verso https://books.google.com/books?id=FWgSgbFqvDMC&pg=PP636
Descendants
fr Florence<id:male given name>
fr exonyms
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Florence + 1
Pronunciation
Florens Flo.rence
Proper noun
Florens
tl female English