Florida

See also: florida, Flórida, and Flórída

English

Map of US highlighting Florida

Etymology

From Spanish florida (“flowery”), often referring to a place's abundance of flowers.

The state's name specifically is a shortening of la Florida (“the flowery one”) or Pascua Florida (“flowery Easter”). It is the oldest surviving European-given place-name in the US.

The village in Orange County, New York was named in the 1760s from Latin flōrida (“flowery”).

Pronunciation

• (Boston, Received Pronunciation, Canada) enPR: flŏrʹ-ĭ-də, IPA^(key): /ˈflɒɹ.ɪ.də/, /ˈflɒɹ.ə.də/
• (Canada, General American) enPR: flôrʹ-ĭ-də, IPA^(key): /ˈfloɹ.ɪ.də/, /ˈfloɹ.ə.də/, /ˈfloɹ.də/, /ˈflɔ.ɹɪ.də/, /ˈflɔ.ɹə.də/

  • Audio (US):

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• (New York City, Philadelphia, traditional Eastern New England (except for Boston), Ireland) enPR: flärʹ-ĭ-də, IPA^(key): /ˈflɑɹ.ɪ.də/

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Proper noun

Florida

2. A state of the United States. Capital: Tallahassee. Largest city: Jacksonville.
   • 2015, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Municipal Violations”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 2, episode 7, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:

     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!

3. The peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States.
4. Several places in South and Central America:
   1. Two adjacent cities in Vicente López department, Buenos Aires province, Argentina: Florida Este and Florida Oeste.
   2. A province of the Santa Cruz department, Bolivia.
   3. A municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
   4. A town and commune of the Biobío region, Chile.
   5. A town in the Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
   6. A municipality of the Copán department, Honduras.
   7. A district of the Amazonas region, Peru.
   8. A department of Uruguay.
   9. A city, the capital of the Florida department, Uruguay.
5. Several places in the Caribbean:
   1. A municipality and city in Camagüey province, Cuba
   2. A town and municipality of Puerto Rico.
   3. A barrio of the municipality of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico.
   4. A barrio in the municipality and island of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
6. Several places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in La Plata County, Colorado, named for the river.
   2. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Indiana, named for the state.
   3. A township in Parke County, Indiana, named after a place in New York.
   4. A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, perhaps named for Spanish Florida.
   5. A township in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, named after Florida Creek.
   6. A ghost town and former village in Monroe County, Missouri, named for the state.
   7. A town in Montgomery County, New York, named for the state.
   8. A village in Orange County, New York.
   9. A village in Henry County, Ohio, named for the state.
   10. A river in Colorado, flowing from Lillie Lake in the Weminuche Wilderness into the Animas near Durango.
7. A suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa, perhaps named for the state.
8. An unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada.
9. University of Florida.

Derived terms

• FL
• Fla.
• Florabama
• Floribama
• Floribbean
• Florida anise
• Florida Bay
• Florida black wolf
• Florida City
• Florida dogwood
• Florida honeymoon
• Florida horse conch
• Florida Keys
• Florida Man
• Florida panther
• Florida room
• Florida scrub jay
• Floridian
• Floridization
• Straits of Florida

 

Translations

American state

• Afrikaans: Florida
• Arabic: فْلُورِيدَا f (flōridā)

  Egyptian Arabic: فلوريدا f (florida)

• Armenian: Ֆլորիդա (Florida)
• Asturian: Florida f
• Basque: Florida
• Belarusian: Флары́да f (Flarýda)
• Bengali: ফ্লোরিডা (phlōriḍa)
• Bulgarian: Фло́рида f (Flórida)
• Catalan: Florida f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 佛羅里達／佛罗里达 (fat⁶ lo⁴ lei⁵ daat⁶), 佛州 (fat⁶ zau¹)

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

• Corsican: Florida f
• Czech: Florida (cs) f
• Danish: Florida
• Dutch: Florida (nl) n
• Esperanto: Florido
• Estonian: Florida (et)
• Finnish: Florida (fi)
• French: Floride (fr) f
• Galician: Florida (gl) f
• Georgian: ფლორიდა (plorida)
• German: Florida (de) n
• Greek: Φλόριντα (el) f (Flórinta)
• Hebrew: פלוֹרִידָה (he) f (flórida)
• Hindi: फ़्लोरिडा m (floriḍā), फ्लोरिडा m (phloriḍā)
• Hungarian: Florida (hu)
• Icelandic: Flórída n
• Italian: Florida (it) f
• Jamaican Creole: Flarida
• Japanese: フロリダ (Furorida)
• Khmer: រដ្ឋផ្លរីដា (roat plɔɔriidaa), ផ្លរីដា (phlɑɑriidaa)
• Korean: 플로리다 (Peullorida)
• Lao: ຟລໍຣິດາ (fa lǭ ri dā)
• Latvian: Florida f
• Limburgish: Florida
• Lithuanian: Florida (lt) f
• Macedonian: Флори́да f (Florída)
• Maltese: Florida
• Marathi: फ्लोरिडा (phloriḍā)
• Navajo: Gah Bikeeʼ Taah Yíʼáhí
• Norman: Floride f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Florida (no)

  Nynorsk: Florida

• Occitan: 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)
• Sardinian: Flòrida f
• Scots: Florida
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Флорида f

  Roman: Florida (sh) f

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

See also

• Mount Florida
• Strata Florida (from Latin)

Catalan

Proper noun

Florida f

1. Florida (a state of the United States)
2. Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Florida

1. Florida (a state of the United States)

Czech

Proper noun

Florida f (related adjective floridský, demonym Floriďan, female demonym Floriďanka)

1. Florida (a state of the United States)
2. Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)

Declension

Declension of Florida (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Florida
genitive	Floridy
dative	Floridě
accusative	Floridu
vocative	Florido
locative	Floridě
instrumental	Floridou

Further reading

• “Florida”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Florida.

Proper noun

Florida (genitive Floridas)

1. Florida (a state of the United States)
2. Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)

Dutch

Etymology

At least since the 16th century; probably from Spanish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Florida

1. Florida (a state of the United States)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Florida.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Florida

1. Florida (a state of the United States)
2. Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, 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 — —

Derived terms

compounds

• floridanhylje
• floridankalkkarokäärme
• floridanleike
• floridanvesi
• floridanvesimyyrä
• floridanvesirotta

 

German

Etymology

At least since the 17th century; probably from Spanish or Dutch Florida, or maybe from English Florida.

Pronunciation

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

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Proper noun

Florida n (proper noun, genitive Floridas or (optionally with an article) Florida)

1. Florida (a state of the United States)
2. Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Florida.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Florida f

1. Florida (a state of the United States)
2. Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfloː.ri.da/, [ˈfɫ̪oːrɪd̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈflo.ri.da/, [ˈflɔːrid̪ä]

Proper noun

Flōrida f sg (genitive Flōridae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Florida

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Flōrida
genitive	Flōridae
dative	Flōridae
accusative	Flōridam
ablative	Flōridā
vocative	Flōrida
locative	Flōridae

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Flòrida f (Cyrillic spelling Фло̀рида)

1. Florida (a state of the United States)
2. Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)

Declension

Declension of Florida

	singular
nominative	Florida
genitive	Floride
dative	Floridi
accusative	Floridu
vocative	Florido
locative	Floridi
instrumental	Floridom

Slovak

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Florida f (genitive singular Floridy, declension pattern of žena)

1. Florida (a state of the United States)
2. Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)

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, 2003–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Named la florida (“the land of flowers”) by Spanish explorer Ponce de León, referring to its blooming vegetation and the current season having been Pascua Florida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /floˈɾida/ [floˈɾi.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: Flo‧ri‧da

Proper noun

Florida f

1. Florida (a state of the United States)
2. Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)
3. A city in Camagüey, Cuba
4. A department of Uruguay
5. A city in Uruguay

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.

Derived terms

• floridano
• floridiano

 

See also

• Florida on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Further reading

• “Florida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28