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Florida vs Florence - What's the difference?

florida | florence |

As proper nouns the difference between florida and florence

is that florida is florida while florence is a province of tuscany, italy.

As a noun florence is

(historical) an ancient gold coin of the time of (edward iii), coined by florentines and worth six shillings sterling.

florida

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A southeast state of the United States of America. Capital: Tallahassee; largest city: Jacksonville.
  • Derived terms

    * FL * * Floridian * Florida anise * Florida room

    See also

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    florence

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A province of Tuscany, Italy.
  • The capital city of the province Florence.
  • The capital city of the Department of , Colombia.
  • A city in Alabama.
  • A city in Kentucky.
  • A town in Mississippi.
  • A city in South Carolina.
  • Derived terms

    * Florentine * (pet forms of the given name) Flo, Flossie

    Quotations

    * 1840 , Border Beagles: A Tale of Mississippi , Donohue, Henneberry, 1890, page 398 *: It is a sweet name, Florence , but not as sweet as herself. But you shall see her with you own eyes. * 2006 , Little Face , Soho, 2007, ISBN 1569474680, page 3 *: 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.

    See also

    * Firenze

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) An ancient gold coin of the time of (Edward III), coined by Florentines and worth six shillings sterling.
  • (Camden)
  • (historical) A kind of cloth.
  • (Johnson)
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