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{{also|florida|Flórida|Flórída}}
==English==
{{wp}}
{{swp|Florida (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Map of USA FL.svg|thumb|right|Map of US highlighting Florida]]

===Etymology===
From {{der|en|es|florida||flowery}}, often referring to a place's abundance of flowers.

The state's name specifically is a shortening of {{m|es||la Florida|the flowery one}} or {{m|es||Pascua Florida|flowery Easter}}.<ref name="PDL">Steven Otfinoski, ''Juan Ponce de Leon: Discoverer of Florida'' (2004, ISBN 07614161020, page 38</ref> It is the oldest surviving European-given place-name in the US.<ref>George Stewart, ''Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States'' (1945, New York: Random House), pages 11–13, 17, 18.</ref><ref name="PDL"/>

The village in [[Orange County]], [[New York]] was named in the 1760s from {{bor|en|la|flōridus|flōrida|flowery}}.<ref>{{cite-book|en|last=Vasiliev|first=Ren|title=From Abbotts to Zurich: New York State Placenames|year=2004|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=9780815607984|page=79|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XaXnfBi6EhwC&pg=PA79&lpg=PA79&dq=florida+village+new+york+name+brookland+-brooklyn&source=bl&ots=_pp1X0T1dP&sig=oLP1FlotCFHDc8Km-KSWXZBpXsE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjm_cuXppzbAhUQyFkKHfbRC78Q6AEIPDAC#v=onepage&q=florida%20village%20new%20york%20name%20brookland%20-brooklyn&f=false|accessdate=23 May 2018}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|flŏrʹ-ĭ-də|a=Boston,RP,CA}}, {{IPA|en|/ˈflɒɹ.ɪ.də/|/ˈflɒɹ.ə.də/}}
* {{enPR|flôrʹ-ĭ-də|a=CA,GenAm}}, {{IPA|en|/ˈfloɹ.ɪ.də/|/ˈfloɹ.ə.də/|/ˈfloɹ.də/|/ˈflɔ.ɹɪ.də/|/ˈflɔ.ɹə.də/}}
** {{audio|en|en-us-Florida.ogg|a=US}}
* {{enPR|flärʹ-ĭ-də|a=NYC,Philadelphia,traditional Eastern New England (except for Boston),Ireland}}, {{IPA|en|/ˈflɑɹ.ɪ.də/}}
** {{audio|en|En-NYC-Florida.wav|a=NYC}}

===Proper noun===
{{en-prop}}

# {{senseid|en|Q812}}{{place|en|state|c/US|capital=Tallahassee|largest city=Jacksonville}}.
#* {{RQ:Last Week Tonight|season=2|number=7|episode=Municipal Violations|passage=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'''!}}
# {{place|en|The <<peninsula>> which makes up most of the state of <<s/Florida>>, <<c/USA>>}}.
# Several places in [[South America|South]] and [[Central America]]:
## {{place|en|Two adjacent <<cities>> in <<dept/Vicente López>>, <<p:suf/Buenos Aires>>, <<c/Argentina>>}}: [[Florida Este]] and [[Florida Oeste]].
## {{place|en|province|dept/Santa Cruz|c/Bolivia}}.
## {{place|en|municipality|s/Paraná|c/Brazil}}.
## {{place|en|town/and/commune|r:suf/Biobío|c/Chile}}.
## {{place|en|town|dept/Valle del Cauca|c/Colombia}}.
## {{place|en|municipality|dept/Copán|c/Honduras}}.
## {{place|en|district|r:suf/Amazonas|c/Peru}}.
## {{place|en|department|c/Uruguay}}.
## {{place|en|city/capital|dept/Florida|c/Uruguay}}.
# Several places in the [[Caribbean]]:
## {{place|en|municipality/and/city|p:suf/Camagüey|s/Cuba}}
## {{place|en|town/and/municipality|terr/Puerto Rico}}.
## {{place|en|barrio|mun:pref/San Lorenzo|terr/Puerto Rico}}.
## {{place|en|barrio|in the municipality and island of|isl/Vieques|terr/Puerto Rico}}.
# Several places in the [[United States]]:
## {{place|en|unincorporated community|co/La Plata County|s/Colorado|named for the river}}.
## {{place|en|unincorporated community|co/Madison County|s/Indiana|named for the state}}.
## {{place|en|twp|co/Parke County|s/Indiana}}, named after a place in [[New York]].
## {{place|en|town|co/Berkshire County|s/Massachusetts|perhaps named for {{w|Spanish Florida}}}}.
## {{place|en|twp|co/Yellow Medicine County|s/Minnesota}}, named after Florida Creek.
## {{place|en|ghost town/and/former village|co/Monroe County|s/Missouri|named for the state}}.
## {{place|en|town|co/Montgomery County|s/New York|named for the state}}.
## {{place|en|village|co/Orange County|s/New York}}.
## {{place|en|village|co/Henry County|s/Ohio|named for the state}}.
## {{place|en|river|s/Colorado|flowing from Lillie Lake in the {{w|Weminuche Wilderness}} into the [[Animas]] near [[Durango]]}}.
# {{place|en|suburb|city/Johannesburg|p:suf/Gauteng|c/South Africa|perhaps named for the state}}.
# {{place|en|unincorporated community|p/Ontario|c/Canada}}.
# {{w|University of Florida}}.

====Derived terms====
{{der3|en|Florida dogwood
|FL
|Fla.
|Florabama
|Floribama
|Floribbean
|Florida anise
|Florida Bay
|Florida black wolf
|Florida City
|Florida honeymoon
|Florida horse conch
|Florida Man
|Florida Keys
|Florida panther
|Florida room
|Florida scrub jay
|Floridian
|Floridization
|Straits of Florida
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|American state}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|Florida}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|فْلُورِيدَا|f|tr=flōridā}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|فلوريدا|f|tr=florida}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|Ֆլորիդա}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|Florida|f}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|Florida}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|Флары́да|f}}
* Bengali: {{t|bn|ফ্লোরিডা}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|Фло́рида|f}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|Florida|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|佛羅里達|tr=fat6 lo4 lei5 daat6}}, {{t|yue|佛州|tr=fat6 zau1}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|佛羅里達|tr=Fóluólǐdá}}, {{t+|cmn|佛州|tr=Fózhōu}}
* Corsican: {{t|co|Florida|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|Florida|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|Florida}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|Florida|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|Florido}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|Florida}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|Florida}}
* French: {{t+|fr|Floride|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|Florida|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ფლორიდა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Florida|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|Φλόριντα|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|פלוֹרִידָה|f|tr=flórida}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|फ़्लोरिडा|m}}, {{t|hi|फ्लोरिडा|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|Florida}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|Flórída|n}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|Florida|f}}
* Jamaican Creole: {{t|jam|Flarida}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|フロリダ|tr=Furorida}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|រដ្ឋផ្លរីដា|tr=roat plɔɔriidaa}}, {{t|km|ផ្លរីដា}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|^플로리다}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ຟລໍຣິດາ}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|Florida|f}}
* Limburgish: {{t|li|Florida}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|Florida|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|Флори́да|f}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|Florida}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|फ्लोरिडा}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|Gah Bikeeʼ Taah Yíʼáhí}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|Floride|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|Florida}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|Florida}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|Florida|f}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|فلوریدا|tr=feloridâ}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|Floryda|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|Flórida|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|Florida|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|Флори́да|f}}, {{t+|ru|Фло́рида|f}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|Flòrida|f}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|Florida}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|Флорида|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|Florida|f}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|Florida|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|Florida|f}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|Florida|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|Florida|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|Florida|c}}
* Thai: {{t|th|ฟลอริดา}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|Florida}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|Флорида|f}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|Floarida|n}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|פֿלאָרידאַ}}, {{t|yi|פֿלאָרידע}}
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====See also====
* {{l|en|Mount Florida}}
* {{l|en|Strata Florida}} {{q|from Latin}}
{{table:USA/en}}

===References===
<references/>

{{c|en|Universities}}

==Catalan==

===Proper noun===
{{ca-proper noun|f}}

# {{place|ca|state|c/USA|t1=Florida}}
# {{place|ca|peninsula|in the state of|s/Florida|c/USA|t1=Florida}}

==Central Nahuatl==

===Proper noun===
{{head|nhn|proper noun}}

# {{place|nhn|state|c/United States|t=Florida}}

==Czech==

===Proper noun===
{{cs-proper noun|f|dem=Floriďan|fdem=Floriďanka|adj=floridský}}

# {{place|cs|state|c/USA|t1=Florida}}
# {{place|cs|peninsula|in the state of|s/Florida|c/USA|t1=Florida}}

====Declension====
{{cs-ndecl|f.sg}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:cs:KNLA}}

==Danish==
{{wikipedia|lang=da}}

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|da|en|Florida}}.

===Proper noun===
{{head|da|proper noun|genitive|Floridas}}

# {{place|da|state|c/USA|t1=Florida}}
# {{place|da|peninsula|in the state of|s/Florida|c/USA|t1=Florida}}

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
At least since the 16th century; probably from {{bor|nl|es|-}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|nl|Nl-Florida.ogg}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|nl|proper noun}}

# {{place|nl|state|c/USA|t1=Florida}}

==Finnish==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|fi|en|Florida}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{fi-pronunciation}}

===Proper noun===
{{fi-proper noun}}

# {{place|fi|state|c/USA|t1=Florida}}
# {{place|fi|peninsula|in the state of|s/Florida|c/USA|t1=Florida}}

====Declension====
{{fi-decl-kala|n=sg|Florid|||a}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|fi|title=compounds
|floridanhylje
|floridankalkkarokäärme
|floridanleike
|floridanvesi
|floridanvesimyyrä
|floridanvesirotta
}}

==German==

===Etymology===
At least since the 17th century; probably from {{bor|de|es|-}} or {{bor|de|nl|Florida}}, or maybe from {{bor|de|en|Florida}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|de|/ˈflɔʁida/}}
* {{IPA|de|/ˈflɔɹədɐ/}} {{q|uncommon, emulating English}}
* {{audio|de|De-Florida.ogg}}

===Proper noun===
{{de-proper noun|toponym}}

# {{place|de|state|c/USA|t1=Florida}}
# {{place|de|peninsula|in the state of|s/Florida|c/USA|t1=Florida}}

==Italian==
{{wikipedia|lang=it}}

===Etymology===
{{bor+|it|en|Florida}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|Flòrida,#Florìda<r:DiPI>}}

===Proper noun===
{{it-proper noun|f}}

# {{place|it|state|c/USA|t1=Florida}}
# {{place|it|peninsula|in the state of|s/Florida|c/USA|t1=Florida}}

===References===
<references />

==Latin==
{{wikipedia|lang=la}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|Flōrida}}

===Proper noun===
{{la-proper noun|Flōrida<1.loc>}}

# {{lb|la|New Latin}} {{l|en|Florida}}

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|Flōrida<1.loc>}}

{{C|la|States of the United States}}

==Serbo-Croatian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sh|/flǒrida/}}
* {{hyphenation|sh|Flo|ri|da}}

===Proper noun===
{{sh-proper noun|g=f|head=Flòrida}}

# {{place|sh|state|c/USA|t1=Florida}}
# {{place|sh|peninsula|in the state of|s/Florida|c/USA|t1=Florida}}

====Declension====
{{sh-decl-noun-unc
|Florida
|Floride
|Floridi
|Floridu
|Florido
|Floridi
|Floridom
}}

==Slovak==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sk|/ˈflo.ri.da/}}
* {{hyphenation|sk|Flo|ri|da}}

===Proper noun===
{{sk-proper noun|f|gen=Floridy|decl=žena}}

# {{place|sk|state|c/USA|t1=Florida}}
# {{place|sk|peninsula|in the state of|s/Florida|c/USA|t1=Florida}}

====Usage notes====
* Uses the preposition {{l|sk|na}}.

====Declension====
{{sk-decl-noun-sg|Florida|Floridy|Floride|Floridu|Floride|Floridou}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|sk|Floriďan|g=m}}
* {{l|sk|Floriďanka|g=f}}
* {{l|sk|floridský}}

===References===
* {{R:sk:SDK}}

==Spanish==

===Etymology===
Named {{m|es|la}} {{m|es|florida|t=the land of flowers}} by Spanish explorer {{w|Ponce de León}}, referring to its blooming vegetation and the current season having been {{w|Pascua Florida}}.<ref>La Florida Del Inca and the Struggle for Social Equality in Colonial Spanish America. University of Alabama Press. p. 33</ref>

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr}}

===Proper noun===
{{es-proper noun|f}}

# {{place|es|state|c/USA|t1=Florida}}
# {{place|es|peninsula|in the state of|s/Florida|c/USA|t1=Florida}}
# {{place|es|city|province/Camagüey|c/Cuba}}
# {{place|es|department|c/Uruguay}}
# {{place|es|city|c/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====
{{col-auto|es|floridano|floridiano}}

===See also===
* {{pedia|lang=es}}

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}