Florida
Florida
Definition
Flori·da (flôr′ə də, flär′-)
Southern state of the SE U.S., mostly on a peninsula between the Atlantic & the Gulf of Mexico: admitted, 1845; 53,927 sq mi (139,670 sq km); pop. 15,982,000; cap. Tallahassee: abbrev. FL or Fla
strait between the S tip of Fla. & Cuba on the south & the Bahamas on the southeast: it connects the Atlantic & the Gulf of Mexico
Etymology: Sp < L, lit., abounding in flowers < flos (gen. floris): see bloom: so named by Juan Ponce de León
Browse dictionary entries near Florida
- florid
- floriculture
- floribunda
- floriated
- Florianópolis
- Florey
- floret
- florescence
- Flores Sea
- Flores
- Florida Keys
- Floridian
- floriferous
- florigen
- florilegium
- florin
- Florio
- Florissant
- florist
- floristic
