Florida

Meaning

Proper Noun

• state US (country) .
• The peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida (state), USA (country).
• Several places in South and Central America:
• Several places in the Caribbean:
• Several places in the United States:
• river Colorado (state) flowing from Lillie Lake in the {{w Weminuche Wilderness into the Animas near Durango}}.
• suburb city, Johannesburg p:suf, Gauteng South Africa (country) perhaps named for the state.
• (unincorporated) community Ontario (province) Canada (country).
• University of Florida.

Origin

• From Spanish florida ("flowery"), often referring to a place's abundance of flowers.
• The state's name specifically is a shortening of la Florida or Pascua Florida. 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 flōridus ("flowery").