florida
/ˈfloɹɪdə/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.76 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A state of the United States. Capital: Tallahassee. Largest city: Jacksonville.
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The peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States.
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Ellipsis of University of Florida.
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Example Sentences
- "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!"
- "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."
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: florida, floridus, flōridus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfloɹɪdə/
- British English: /ˈflɒɹɪdə/
Derived Forms
Phrases
Florida anise
Florida apple snail
Florida arrowroot
Florida banded water snake
Florida bass
Florida Bay
Florida bayberry
Florida beggarweed