Florence

Meanings

Proper Noun

• capital city Tuscany (region) Italy (country) ;, and capital city Florence (metropolitan city).
• metropolitan city Tuscany (region) Italy (country).
• A female given name from Latin.
• community rmun:Suf, Cape Breton Nova Scotia (province) Canada (country).
• suburb city:pref, Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire (county) England (constituent country).
• city, county seat Lauderdale County (county) Alabama (state) USA (country).
• town, county seat Pinal County (county) Arizona (state) USA (country).
• (unincorporated) community Los Angeles County (county) California (state) USA (country).
• statutory city Fremont County (county) Colorado (state) USA (country).
• village Pike County (county) Illinois (state) USA (country).
• (unincorporated) community Stephenson County (county) Illinois (state) USA (country).
• (unincorporated) CDP York Township (township) Switzerland County (county) Indiana (state) USA (country).
• tiny city Marion County (county) Kansas (state) USA (country).
• home rule city Boone County (county) Kentucky (state) USA (country).
• (unincorporated) community St. Mary Parish (parish) Louisiana (state) USA (country).
• village city:pref, Northampton Hampshire County (county) Massachusetts (state).
• tiny city Lyon County (county) Minnesota (state) USA (country).
• town Rankin County (county) Mississippi (state) USA (country).
• (unincorporated) community Morgan County (county) Missouri (state) USA (country).
• CDP Ravalli County (county) Montana (state) USA (country).
• neighborhood city, Omaha Nebraska (state) USA (country).
• township New Jersey (state) USA (country).
• town Oneida County (county) New York (state) USA (country).
• (unincorporated) community Paint Township (township) Madison County (county) Ohio (state) USA (country).
• coastal city Lane County (county) Oregon (state) USA (country).
• (unincorporated) community Hanover Township (township) Washington County (county) Pennsylvania (state) USA (country).
• city, county seat Florence County (county) South Carolina (state).
• town Codington County (county) South Dakota (state) USA (country).
• (unincorporated) community Rutherford County (county) Tennessee (state) USA (country).
• city Williamson County (county) Texas (state) USA (country).
• (unincorporated) community town:pref, Pittsford Rutland County (county) Vermont (state) USA (country).
• (unincorporated) community Snohomish County (county) Washington (state) USA (country).
• unincorporated CDP, county seat Florence County (county) Wisconsin (state).
• town Florence County (county) Wisconsin (state), surrounding the census-designated place of the same name.
• 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 was formed.

Noun

• An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III, coined by Florentines and worth six shillings sterling.
• A kind of silk fabric; florentine.

Origin

• Borrowed from French Florence, from Latin Flōrentia (as a given name, a feminine form of Flōrentius), from flōrens, from flōs, connected with English bloom and blossom.
• The female given name gained popularity from Florence Nightingale who was born in the Tuscan city.