English

Proper noun

the city of Florence, Italy

Florence

1. A province of Tuscany, Italy.
2. The capital city of the province Florence.
3. The capital city of Caquetá, Colombia.
4. A female given name.
   • 1840, William Gilmore Simms, Border Beagles: A Tale of Mississippi, Donohue, Henneberry, published 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, Sophie Hannah, Little Face, Soho, published 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.

5. A city in Kentucky.
6. A town in Mississippi.
7. A city in South Carolina.

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Translations

Noun

Florence ‎(plural Florences)

1. (historical) An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III, coined by Florentines and worth six shillings sterling.

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2. (historical) A kind of cloth.

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French

Etymology

From Latin Flōrentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɔ.ʁɑ̃s/
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Proper noun

Florence f

1. Florence (a province of Tuscany, Italy)
2. Florence (the city)
3. A female given name, equivalent to English Florence, feminine form of the saint's name Florent.

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