# Florida

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈflɒɹ.ɪ.də/ · frequency rank #1,792

## Definitions
1. A state of the United States. Capital: Tallahassee. Largest city: Jacksonville.
2. The peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States.
3. Ellipsis of University of Florida.
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27. A suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa, perhaps named for the state.
28. An unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada.
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34. A surname.

## Etymology
From Spanish florida (“flowery”), often referring to a place's abundance of flowers. The state's name specifically is a shortening of la Florida (“the flowery one”) or Pascua Florida (“flowery Easter”). 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 Latin flōrida (“flowery”).

## Easily confused with
- **Frida** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/florida-vs-frida)
- **florist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/florida-vs-florist)
- **fluoride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/florida-vs-fluoride)
- **flora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flora-vs-florida)
- **Florian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/florian-vs-florida)

## Common misspellings (10)
`fflorida`, `fllorida`, `floirda`, `flordia`, `floriad`, `floridda`, `florrida`, `flroida`, `folrida`, `lforida`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/florida