florence
/ˈfloɹəns/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.96 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Florence and the region of Tuscany, Italy.
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A metropolitan city of Tuscany, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Florence.
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A female given name from Latin.
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A community in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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A suburb of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9142).
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A number of places in the United States:
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A number of places in the United States:
Example Sentences
- "It is a sweet name, Florence, but not as sweet as herself. But you shall see her with you own eyes."
- "I am glad that I chose the name Florence for my daughter, a real name with a history, rather than something that sounds as if it has been made up by a fifteen-year-old pop star's marketing team."
- "he first gold that K. Edw . 3. coyned , was in the yeare 1343 , and the peeces were called Florences because Florentines were the coyners"
Etymology
Borrowed from French Florence f, from Latin Flōrentia (as a given name, a feminine form of Flōrentius), from flōrens (“flowering, flourishing”), from flōs (“flower”), connected with English bloom and blossom. Doublet of Firenze. The female given name gained popularity from Florence Nightingale who was born in the Tuscan city.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *bʰleh₃-, Flōrentia, Flōrentius
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfloɹəns/
- British English: /ˈflɒɹəns/