Florida

Etymology
From, often referring to a place's abundance of flowers.

The state's name specifically is a shortening of or. 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.

Proper noun

 * 1) Several places in South and Central America:
 * : Florida Este and Florida Oeste.
 * 1) Several places in the Caribbean:
 * 2) Several places in the United States:
 * , named after a place in New York.
 * , named after Florida Creek.
 * 1) Several places in the Caribbean:
 * 2) Several places in the United States:
 * , named after a place in New York.
 * , named after Florida Creek.
 * 1) Several places in the Caribbean:
 * 2) Several places in the United States:
 * , named after a place in New York.
 * , named after Florida Creek.
 * 1) Several places in the United States:
 * , named after a place in New York.
 * , named after Florida Creek.
 * 1) Several places in the United States:
 * , named after a place in New York.
 * , named after Florida Creek.
 * , named after a place in New York.
 * , named after Florida Creek.
 * , named after Florida Creek.
 * , named after Florida Creek.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: Florida
 * Arabic: فْلُورِيدَا
 * Egyptian Arabic: فلوريدا
 * Moroccan Arabic: فلوريدا
 * Armenian: Ֆլորիդա
 * Asturian: Florida
 * Basque: Florida
 * Belarusian: Флары́да
 * Bengali: ফ্লোরিডা
 * Bulgarian: Фло́рида
 * Catalan: Florida
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 佛羅里達, 佛州
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Corsican: Florida
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Florida
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Florido
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ფლორიდა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: फ़्लोरिडा, फ्लोरिडा
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: Flórída
 * Italian:
 * Jamaican Creole: Flarida
 * Japanese: フロリダ
 * Khmer: រដ្ឋផ្លរីដា, ផ្លរីដា
 * Korean: ^플로리다
 * Lao: ຟລໍຣິດາ
 * Latvian: Florida
 * Limburgish: Florida
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: Флори́да
 * Maltese: Florida
 * Marathi: फ्लोरिडा
 * Navajo: Gah Bikeeʼ Taah Yíʼáhí
 * Norman: Floride
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: Florida
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sardinian: Flòrida
 * Scots: Florida
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Флорида
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian: Florida
 * Slovak: Florida
 * Slovene: Florida
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ฟลอริดา
 * Turkish: Florida
 * Ukrainian: Флорида
 * West Frisian: Floarida
 * Yiddish: פֿלאָרידאַ, פֿלאָרידע

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Etymology
At least since the 16th century; probably from

Etymology
From.

Etymology
At least since the 17th century; probably from or, or maybe from.

Etymology
.

Usage notes

 * Uses the preposition.

Etymology
Named  by Spanish explorer, referring to its blooming vegetation and the current season having been.

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.