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Florence
FLO-ruhns
Florence (name) means the name of a city and comune serving as the capital of both the region of Tuscany, Italy and the Metropolitan City of Florence.
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The name of a city and comune serving as the capital of both the region of Tuscany, Italy and the Metropolitan City of Florence.
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The name of a metropolitan city of Tuscany that was established in 2015, known in full as the Metropolitan City of Florence.
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The name of a former province of Tuscany.
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A female first name of Latin origin.
"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."
— Sophie Hannah (2006)
"It is a sweet name, Florence, but not as sweet as herself. But you shall see her with you own eyes."
— William Gilmore Simms (1840)
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The name of a settlement in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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A suburb of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including a city that is the administrative centre of Lauderdale County, Alabama.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including a town that is the administrative centre of Pinal County, Arizona.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including an unincorporated settlement in Los Angeles County, California.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including a statutory city located in Fremont County, Colorado.
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A number of places in the United States: A village in Pike County, Illinois.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including an unincorporated settlement in Stephenson County, Illinois.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including a census-designated area within York Township, Switzerland County, Indiana.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including a minor city located in Marion County, Kansas, named for a daughter of Samuel J. Crawford.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including a home rule city located in Boone County, Kentucky.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including an unincorporated settlement in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including a village situated within Northampton, a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including a tiny city located in Lyon County, Minnesota.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Rankin County, Mississippi.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including an unincorporated settlement in Morgan County, Missouri.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including a census-designated area in Ravalli County, Montana.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including a neighbourhood of Omaha, Nebraska.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including a township in New Jersey.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including a town located in Oneida County, New York.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including an unincorporated settlement within Paint Township, Madison County, Ohio.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including a coastal city located in Lane County, Oregon.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including an unincorporated settlement within Hanover Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including a city that is the administrative centre of Florence County, South Carolina.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including a town located in Codington County, South Dakota.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including an unincorporated settlement in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
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A number of places in the United States: A city in Williamson County, Texas.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including an unincorporated settlement in Rutland County, Vermont, within the town of Pittsford.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including an unincorporated settlement in Snohomish County, Washington.
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The name of one of several places in the United States, including an unincorporated census-designated area that serves as the administrative centre of Florence County, Wisconsin.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Florence County, Wisconsin, surrounding the census-designated place of the same name.
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A number of places in the United States: A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Florence Township.
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A medieval and early modern republic centered on the city of Florence in Italy that existed from 1115 to 1185 and from 1197 to 1569 when the Grand Duchy of Tuscany was formed.
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archaic A male first name of Latin origin.
noun
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A historical gold coin from the reign of Edward III, made by people from Florence, worth six shillings.
"he first gold that K. Edw . 3. coyned , was in the yeare 1343 , and the peeces were called Florences because Florentines were the coyners"
— M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden] (1605)
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A type of silk cloth, also known as florentine.
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Word forms
- Plural
- Florences
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.
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What does “Florence” mean?
The word “Florence” means a city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Florence and the region of Tuscany, Italy.
How do you pronounce “Florence”?
“Florence” is pronounced FLO-ruhns (/ˈfloɹəns/ in IPA).
How do you use “Florence” in a sentence?
Here is “Florence” used in a sentence: “It is a sweet name, Florence, but not as sweet as herself. But you shall see her with you own eyes.”
What part of speech is “Florence”?
Depending on how it is used, “Florence” can be a name and a noun.
Where does the word “Florence” come from?
The word “Florence” comes from Latin.
Is “Florence” a common word?
“Florence” is a fairly common word in modern English.
How many meanings does “Florence” have?
“Florence” has 40 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: a city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Florence and the region of Tuscany, Italy.
Is Florence a city or a name?
It is both. Florence is a city in Italy, the capital of the region of Tuscany, and it is also a female given name that comes from Latin.
What is the difference between Florence and Firenze?
They are the same place under different names. Firenze is the Italian name for the city, while Florence is the English name used for the capital of Tuscany.
Where is Florence located?
Florence is a city in central Italy and the capital of the Tuscany region. It is also the seat of the Metropolitan City of Florence, an administrative area established in 2015 that replaced the former province.
Is Florence a girl's name or a boy's name?
As a given name, Florence is traditionally female and derives from Latin. It shares its spelling with the well-known Italian city of the same name.
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