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florida Flórida Flórída
English
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thumb|240px|Flag of Florida
region Q812 en Location of the state of Florida in the United States
Etymology
en :der es:florida 1
From en es florida flowery, often referring to a place's abundance of flowers, from en la floridus. The state's name specifically is a shortening of es la Florida the flowery one or es Pascua Florida flowery Easter.Steven Otfinoski, Juan Ponce de Leon: Discoverer of Florida (2004, ISBN 07614161020, page 38 It is the oldest surviving European-given place-name in the US.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. The village in Orange County, New York was named in the 1760s from en la flōridus flōrida flowery.en Vasiliev Ren From Abbotts to Zurich: New York State Placenames 2004 Syracuse University Press 9780815607984 79 https://books.google.com/books?id=XaXnfBi6EhwC&pg=PA79&lpg=PA79&dq=florida+village+new+york+name+brookland+-brooklyn&source=bl&ots=_pp1X0T1dP&sig=oLP1FlotCFHDc8Km-KSWXZBpXsE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjm_cuXppzbAhUQyFkKHfbRC78Q6AEIPDAC#v=onepage&q=florida%20village%20new%20york%20name%20brookland%20-brooklyn&f=false 23 May 2018
Pronunciation
flôrʹ-ĭ-də CA,GenAm, en /ˈfloɹɪdə/ /ˈfloɹədə/ /ˈfloɹdə/
en en-us-Florida.ogg US
flŏrʹ-ĭ-də
en /ˈflɒɹɪdə/ /ˈflɒɹədə/ Boston,RP
en /ˈflɔɹɪdə/ /ˈflɔɹədə/ SSB,AU
flärʹ-ĭ-də NYC,Philadelphia,traditional <<Eastern New England>> (except for Boston),Ireland, en /ˈflɑɹɪdə/
en En-NYC-Florida.wav NYC
en Indic /ˈflorɪɖɑ/ /ˈflɔ-/
Proper noun
en Q812en state c/US Tallahassee Jacksonville.
2 7 Municipal Violations 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!
en Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/21/politics/adam-schiff-censure-vote-house 2023-06-21 The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee. https://web.archive.org/web/20240303144936/https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/21/politics/adam-schiff-censure-vote-house/
en Q2661894en The <<peninsula>> which makes up most of the state of <<s/Florida>>, <<c/USA>> + + Peninsula.
en Q501758 en w:University of Florida.
en UF<id:Q501758>
en Florida State<id:Q861548> FSU<id:Q861548><qq:not to be confused>
Several places in South and Central America:
en Two adjacent <<cities>> in <<dept/Vicente López>>, <<p:suf/Buenos Aires>>, <<c/Argentina>>: Florida Este and Florida Oeste.
en province dept/Santa Cruz c/Bolivia.
en municipality s/Paraná c/Brazil.
en town/and/commune r:suf/Biobío c/Chile.
en town dept/Valle del Cauca c/Colombia.
en municipality dept/Copán c/Honduras.
en district r:suf/Amazonas c/Peru.
en department c/Uruguay.
en city/capital dept/Florida c/Uruguay.
Several places in the Caribbean:
en municipality/and/city p:suf/Camagüey s/Cuba.
en town/and/municipality terr/Puerto Rico.
en barrio mun:pref/San Lorenzo terr/Puerto Rico.
en barrio in the municipality and island of isl/Vieques terr/Puerto Rico.
Several places in the United States:
en ucomm co/La Plata County s/Colorado named for the river.
en ucomm co/Madison County s/Indiana named for the state.
en twp co/Parke County s/Indiana, named after a place in New York.
en town co/Berkshire County s/Massachusetts perhaps named for Spanish Florida.
en twp co/Yellow Medicine County s/Minnesota, named after Florida Creek.
en ghost town/and/former village co/Monroe County s/Missouri named for the state.
en town co/Montgomery County s/New York named for the state.
en village co/Orange County s/New York.
en village co/Henry County s/Ohio named for the state.
en river s/Colorado flowing from Lillie Lake in the Weminuche Wilderness into the Animas near Durango.
en suburb city/Johannesburg p:suf/Gauteng c/South Africa perhaps named for the state.
en ucomm p/Ontario c/Canada.
Several places in the Philippines:
en barangay mun/Camiling p/Tarlac c/Philippines.
en barangay mun/Maria Aurora p/Aurora c/Philippines.
en barangay mun/Talusan p/Zamboanga Sibugay c/Philippines.
en barangay mun/Kapalong p/Davao del Norte c/Philippines.
en barangay city/Butuan p/Agusan del Norte r/Caraga c/Philippines.
en.
Derived terms
en Florida apple snail (Pomacea paludosa species) Florida banded water snake (Nerodia fasciata pictiventris subspecies) Florida bass (Micropterus salmoides species) Florida bayberry (Myrica inodora species) Florida beggarweed (Desmodium tortuosum species) Florida black bear (Ursus americanus floridanus subspecies) Florida bog frog (Lithobates okaloosae species) Florida bonneted bat (Eumops floridanus species) Florida box, Florida boxwood (Schaefferia frutescens species) Florida box turtle (Terrapene carolina bauri subspecies) Florida caper (Capparis cynophallophora species) Florida cat's claw (Pithecolobium unguis-cati species) Florida cornel (Cornus florida species) Florida cottonmouth (Agkistrodon conanti species) Florida duck (Anas fulvigula fulvigula subspecies) Florida gallinule (Gallinula galeata cachinnans subspecies) Florida gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus species) Florida grackle (Quiscalus quiscula quiscula subspecies) Florida jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens species) Florida kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula floridana subspecies) Florida laurel (Symplocos tinctoria species) Florida leaf-footed bug (Acanthocephala femorata species) Florida mahogany (Persea borbonia species) Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris subspecies) Florida mastiff bat (Eumops floridanus species) Florida moss (Tillandsia genus spp.) Florida mouse (Podomys floridanus species) Florida pine (Pinus palustris species) Florida red-bellied cooter, Florida redbelly turtle (Pseudemys nelsoni species) Florida redbelly snake (Storeria occipitomaculata obscura subspecies Florida red scale (Chrysomphalus aonidum species) Florida salt marsh vole (Microtus dukecampbelli species) Florida sand skink (Plestiodon reynoldsi species) Florida selaginella (Selaginella eatonii species Florida softshell turtle (Apalone ferox species) Florida stone crab (Menippe mercenaria species) Florida wax scale (Ceroplastes floridensis species) Florida wolf (Canis rufus floridanus subspecies) Florida woods cockroach (Eurycotis floridana species) Florida yellow pine (Pinus palustris species) Florida yew (Taxus floridana species, Torreya taxifolia species)) FL Fla. Flomaton Florabama Floribama Floribbean Florida anise (Illicium floridanum species) Florida arrowroot (Zamia integrifolia species) Florida Bay Florida black wolf (Canis rufus floridanus subspecies) Florida carpenter ant Florida City Florida clover ash Florida cracker Florida dogwood (Cornus florida species) Florida honeymoon Florida horse conch (Triplofusus giganteus species) Florida Keys Florida Man Florida maple Florida panther (Puma concolor couguar subspecies) Florida room Florida sand plum Florida scrub jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens species) Florida Strait,Florida Straits Florida tetrazygia Florida velvet bean Florida Woman Floridian Floridiana Floridiot Floridization Floridize Straits of Florida
Translations
American state
Afrikaans: af Florida
Arabic: ar فْلُورِيدَا f flōridā
Egyptian Arabic: arz فلوريدا f florida
Armenian: hy Ֆլորիդա
Asturian: ast Florida f
Basque: eu Florida
Belarusian: be Флары́да f
Bengali: bn ফ্লোরিডা
Bulgarian: bg Фло́рида f
Catalan: ca Florida f
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 佛羅里達 fat6 lo4 lei5 daat6, yue 佛州 fat6 zau1
Mandarin: cmn 佛羅里達 Fóluólǐdá, cmn 佛州 Fózhōu
Corsican: co Florida f
Czech: cs Florida f
Danish: da Florida
Dutch: nl Florida n
Esperanto: eo Florido
Estonian: et Florida
Finnish: fi Florida
French: fr Floride f
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Floarida n
Galician: gl Florida f
Georgian: ka ფლორიდა
German: de Florida n
Greek: el Φλόριντα f
Hebrew: he פלוֹרִידָה f flórida
Hindi: hi फ़्लोरिडा m, hi फ्लोरिडा m
Hungarian: hu Florida
Icelandic: is Flórída n
Italian: it Florida f
Jamaican Creole: jam Flarida
Japanese: ja フロリダ Furorida
Khmer: km រដ្ឋផ្លរីដា roat plɔɔriidaa, km ផ្លរីដា
Korean: ko ^플로리다
Lao: lo ຟລໍຣິດາ
Latvian: lv Florida f
Limburgish: li Florida
Lithuanian: lt Florida f
Macedonian: mk Флори́да f
Maltese: mt Florida
Marathi: mr फ्लोरिडा
Navajo: nv Gah Bikeeʼ Taah Yíʼáhí
Norman: nrf Floride f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Florida
Nynorsk: nn Florida
Occitan: oc Florida f
Persian: fa فلوریدا feloridâ
Polish: pl Floryda f
Portuguese: pt Flórida f
Romanian: ro Florida f
Russian: ru Флори́да f, ru Фло́рида f
Sardinian: sc Flòrida f
Scots: sco Florida
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Флорида f
Latin: sh Florida f
Sicilian: scn Florida f
Slovak: sk Florida f
Slovene: sl Florida f
Spanish: es Florida f
Swedish: sv Florida c
Thai: th ฟลอริดา
Turkish: tr Florida
Ukrainian: uk Флорида f
Yiddish: yi פֿלאָרידאַ, yi פֿלאָרידע
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Florida is the 31251st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 742 individuals. Florida is most common among White (64.82%) individuals.
See also
en Mount Florida
en Strata Florida from Latin
References
en Universities
Albanian
Proper noun
f
sq female
Catalan
Proper noun
f
ca Florida Q812
ca Florida Q2661894
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
nhn proper noun
nhn Florida Q812
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f Floriďan Floriďanka floridský
cs Florida Q812
cs Florida Q2661894
Declension
f.sg
Further reading
Danish
da:
Etymology
Borrowed from da en Florida.
Proper noun
da proper noun genitive Floridas
da Florida Q812
da Florida Q2661894
Dutch
nl:
thumb|right|Florida
Etymology
At least since the 16th century; probably from nl es -
Pronunciation
nl Nl-Florida.ogg
Proper noun
nl proper noun
nl Florida Q812
Finnish
fi:
Etymology
From fi en Florida.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi Florida Q812
fi Florida Q2661894
Declension
sg Florid a
Derived terms
fi compounds floridanhylje floridankalkkarokäärme floridanleike floridanvesi floridanvesimyyrä floridanvesirotta
German
Etymology
At least since the 17th century; probably from de es - or de nl Florida, or maybe from de en Florida.
Pronunciation
de /ˈflɔʁida/
de /ˈflɔɹədɐ/ uncommon, emulating English
de De-Florida.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de Florida Q812
de Florida Q2661894
Italian
it:
Etymology
it :bor en:Florida
it en Florida.
Pronunciation
Flòrida,#Florìda<r:DiPI>
Proper noun
f
it Florida Q812
it Florida Q2661894
References
Latin
la:
Pronunciation
Flōrida
Proper noun
Flōrida<1.loc>
la New Latin la Florida Q812
Declension
Flōrida<1.loc>
Lithuanian
lt:
Etymology
lt en Florida, from lt es Florida.
Pronunciation
lt [ˈflɔrʲɪdɐ]
lt Flo ri da
Proper noun
f Flòrida - 1
lt Florida Q812,Q2661894
Declension
Flòrid
See also
Further reading
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
nn:Florida i Bergen
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
nn /ˈflorːida/ Eastern Norway
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn state c/USA
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
nn /fluˈʁida/ Bergen
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn neighborhood city/Bergen c/Norway
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
sh /flǒrida/
sh Flo ri da
Proper noun
Flòrida f
sh Florida Q812,Q2661894
Declension
Florida Floride Floridi Floridu Florido Floridi Floridom
Further reading
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Slovak
Pronunciation
1 1
Proper noun
f floridský Floriďan Floriďanka
sk Florida Q812
sk na Floride in Florida
sk Florida Q2661894
sk na Floride in Florida
Declension
f sg
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Named es la es florida the land of flowers by Spanish explorer Ponce de León, referring to its blooming vegetation and the current season having been Pascua Florida.La Florida Del Inca and the Struggle for Social Equality in Colonial Spanish America. University of Alabama Press. p. 33
Pronunciation
+ flórida<a:proscribed> +
Proper noun
f
es Florida Q812
es Kaitlan Collins Batallas desde el patio de Mar-a-Lago: cómo el equipo de Trump compite por los puestos w:CNN en Español https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2024/11/08/personal-casa-blanca-trump-mar-a-lago-trax 2024-11-08 Esas conversaciones en voz baja se convirtieron ahora en una auténtica batalla que se desarrolla directamente desde el patio del club Mar-a-Lago de Trump en Palm Beach, Florida. https://web.archive.org/web/20241111145646/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2024/11/08/personal-casa-blanca-trump-mar-a-lago-trax/
es Florida Q2661894
es city province/Camagüey c/Cuba
es department c/Uruguay
es city c/Uruguay
Usage notes
The definite article is optional when referring to Florida in Spanish (i.e. la Florida) although it is more often referred to without the article.
Derived terms
es floridano floridiano floridense
See also
es
References
Further reading