Florida

See also: florida, Flórida, and Flórída

English

Etymology

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

• (Canada, General American) enPR: flôrʹ-ĭ-də, IPA^(key): /ˈfloɹɪdə/, /ˈfloɹədə/, /ˈfloɹdə/

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

• enPR: flŏrʹ-ĭ-də
  • (Boston, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈflɒɹɪdə/, /ˈflɒɹədə/
  • (Standard Southern British, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈflɔɹɪdə/, /ˈflɔɹədə/
• (New York City, Philadelphia, traditional Eastern New England (except for Boston), Ireland) enPR: flärʹ-ĭ-də, IPA^(key): /ˈflɑɹɪdə/

  • Audio (New York City):

    (file)

• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈflorɪɖɑ/, /ˈflɔ-/

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!

   • 2023 June 21, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, “House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     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.

4. The peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States.
6. Ellipsis of University of Florida.

   Synonym: UF

   Coordinate terms: Florida State, FSU (not to be confused)

7. 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 Santa Cruz department, Bolivia.
   3. A municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
   4. A town and commune of the Biobío region, Chile.
   5. A town in Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
   6. A municipality of Copán department, Honduras.
   7. A district of the Amazonas region, Peru.
   8. A department of Uruguay.
   9. A city, the capital of Florida department, Uruguay.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. A suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa, perhaps named for the state.
11. An unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada.
12. Several places in the Philippines:
    1. A barangay of Camiling, Tarlac, Philippines.
    2. A barangay of Maria Aurora, Aurora, Philippines.
    3. A barangay of Talusan, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines.
    4. A barangay of Kapalong, Davao del Norte, Philippines.
    5. A barangay of Butuan, Agusan del Norte, Caraga, Philippines.
13. A surname.

Derived terms

• FL
• Fla.
• Florabama
• Floribama
• Floribbean
• Florida anise (Illicium floridanum)
• Florida apple snail (Pomacea paludosa)
• Florida arrowroot (Zamia integrifolia)
• Florida banded water snake (Nerodia fasciata pictiventris)
• Florida bass (Micropterus salmoides)
• Florida Bay
• Florida bayberry (Myrica inodora)
• Florida beggarweed (Desmodium tortuosum)
• Florida black bear (Ursus americanus floridanus)
• Florida black wolf (Canis rufus floridanus)
• Florida bog frog (Lithobates okaloosae)
• Florida bonneted bat (Eumops floridanus)
• Florida box, Florida boxwood (Schaefferia frutescens)
• Florida box turtle (Terrapene carolina bauri)
• Florida caper (Capparis cynophallophora)
• Florida carpenter ant
• Florida cat's claw (Pithecolobium unguis-cati)
• Florida City
• Florida cornel (Cornus florida)
• Florida cottonmouth (Agkistrodon conanti)
• Florida cracker
• Florida dogwood (Cornus florida)
• Florida duck (Anas fulvigula fulvigula)
• Florida gallinule (Gallinula galeata cachinnans)
• Florida gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus)
• Florida grackle (Quiscalus quiscula quiscula)
• Florida honeymoon
• Florida horse conch (Triplofusus giganteus)
• Florida jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens)
• Florida Keys
• Florida kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula floridana)
• Florida laurel (Symplocos tinctoria)
• Florida leaf-footed bug (Acanthocephala femorata)
• Florida mahogany (Persea borbonia)
• Florida Man
• Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris)
• Florida maple
• Florida mastiff bat (Eumops floridanus)
• Florida moss (Tillandsia spp.)
• Florida mouse (Podomys floridanus)
• Florida panther (Puma concolor couguar)
• Florida pine (Pinus palustris)
• Florida red-bellied cooter, Florida redbelly turtle (Pseudemys nelsoni)
• Florida redbelly snake (Storeria occipitomaculata obscura
• Florida red scale (Chrysomphalus aonidum)
• Florida room
• Florida salt marsh vole (Microtus dukecampbelli)
• Florida sand skink (Plestiodon reynoldsi)
• Florida scrub jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens)
• Florida selaginella (Selaginella eatonii
• Florida softshell turtle (Apalone ferox)
• Florida stone crab (Menippe mercenaria)
• Florida Strait, Florida Straits
• Florida wax scale (Ceroplastes floridensis)
• Florida wolf (Canis rufus floridanus)
• Florida Woman
• Florida woods cockroach (Eurycotis floridana)
• Florida yellow pine (Pinus palustris)
• Florida yew (Taxus floridana, Torreya taxifolia))
• 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 (ca) 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
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Floarida n

• 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 (ja) (Furorida)
• Khmer: រដ្ឋផ្លរីដា (roat plɔɔriidaa), ផ្លរីដា (phlɑɑriidaa)
• Korean: 플로리다 (Peullorida)
• Lao: ຟລໍຣິດາ (flǭ 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

  Latin: 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)
• Yiddish: פֿלאָרידאַ (florida), פֿלאָרידע (floride)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Florida is the 31251^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 742 individuals. Florida is most common among White (64.82%) individuals.

See also

• Mount Florida
• Strata Florida (from Latin)

Albanian

Proper noun

Florida f

1. a female given name

Catalan

Proper noun

Florida f

1. Florida (a state of the United States)
2. Florida, Florida Peninsula (the peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Florida

1. Florida (a state of the United States)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈflorɪda]

Proper noun

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

1. Florida (a state of the United States)
2. Florida, Florida Peninsula (the peninsula which makes up most of 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, Florida Peninsula (the peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States)

Dutch

Florida

Etymology

At least since the 16th century; probably from Spanish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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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
• Syllabification^(key): Flo‧ri‧da
• Hyphenation^(key): Flo‧ri‧da

Proper noun

Florida

1. Florida (a state of the United States)
2. Florida, Florida Peninsula (the peninsula which makes up most of 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)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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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, Florida Peninsula (the peninsula which makes up most of 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, Florida Peninsula (the peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɫoː.rɪ.da]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈflɔː.ri.da]

Proper noun

Flōrida f sg (genitive Flōridae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Florida (a state of the United States)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

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

Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Florida, from Spanish Florida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈflɔrʲɪdɐ]
• Hyphenation: Flo‧ri‧da

Proper noun

Flòrida f (uncountable) stress pattern 1

1. Florida (a state of the United States)
2. Florida, Florida Peninsula (the peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States)

Declension

Declension of Flòrida

nominative	Flòrida
genitive	Flòridos
dative	Flòridai
accusative	Flòridą
instrumental	Flòrida
locative	Flòridoje
vocative	Flòrida

Further reading

• “Florida”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
• “Florida” in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija [Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia]

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflorːida/ (Eastern Norway)

Proper noun

Florida

1. a state of the United States

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fluˈʁida/ (Bergen)

Proper noun

Florida

1. a neighborhood of Bergen, Norway

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, Florida Peninsula (the peninsula which makes up most of 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

Further reading

• “Florida”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɔrida/, [ˈflɔrida]
• Rhymes: -ida
• Hyphenation: Flo‧ri‧da

Proper noun

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

1. Florida (a state of the United States)

   na Floride ― in Florida

2. Florida, Florida Peninsula (the peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States)

   na Floride ― in Florida

Declension

Declension of Florida
(pattern žena)

	singular
nominative	Florida
genitive	Floridy
dative	Floride
accusative	Floridu
locative	Floride
instrumental	Floridou

Further reading

• “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, 2003–2026

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, Florida Peninsula (the peninsula which makes up most of 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025