Florida

Flor·i·da  (flôr-d, flr-) Abbr. FL or Fla.

A state of the southeast United States bordering on the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. It was admitted as the 27th state in 1845. The peninsula was explored by Juan Ponce de León in 1513 and became the center of a Spanish settlement that included the southeast part of the present-day United States. Spain finally ceded the area in 1819. Tallahassee is the capital and Jacksonville the largest city. Population: 18,300,000.

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Flo·ridi·an (fl-rd-n), Flori·dan (-d-n) adj.

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Florida, Straits of also Florida Strait

A sea passage between Cuba and the Florida Keys, linking the Gulf of Mexico with the Atlantic Ocean.

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Florida - a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War Everglade State, FL, Sunshine State Caloosahatchee Canal - a canal that connects Lake Okeechobee with the Caloosahatchee River in southern Florida to form part of the Cross-Florida Waterway Biscayne National Park - a national park in Florida having underwater coral reefs and marine life Everglades National Park - a national park in Florida containing an immense subtropical wilderness with mangrove swamps and rare birds and wild animals U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Gulf States - a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South - the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 Daytona Beach - a resort town in northeast Florida on the Atlantic coast; hard white beaches have been used for automobile speed trials Fort Lauderdale - a city in southeast Florida on the Atlantic coast to the north of Miami; a favorite place for college students to go on their spring vacations Fort Myers - a town in southwest Florida Gainesville - a university town in north central Florida Jacksonville - Florida's largest city; a port and important commercial center in northeastern Florida Key West - a town on the westernmost of the Florida keys in the Gulf of Mexico Melbourne - a resort town in east central Florida Miami - a city and resort in southeastern Florida on Biscayne Bay; the best known city in Florida; a haven for retirees and a refuge for Cubans fleeing Castro Miami Beach - a city in southeastern Florida on an island between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean; known for fashionable resort hotels Orlando - a city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World Palm Beach - a resort town in southeast Florida on an island on the Atlantic coast Panama City - a resort and fishing town on the Gulf of Mexico in northwest Florida Pensacola - a town in extreme northwest Florida Sarasota - a town in west central Florida on the Gulf of Mexico Saint Augustine, St. Augustine - a resort city in northeastern Florida; the oldest city in the United States Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg - a city in western Florida on Tampa Bay; a popular winter resort capital of Florida, Tallahassee - capital of the state of Florida; located in northern Florida Tampa - a resort city in western Florida; located on Tampa Bay on the Gulf of Mexico West Palm Beach - a town in southeast Florida on the mainland opposite Palm Beach; founded as a commercial center for Palm Beach Apalachicola, Apalachicola River - a river in northwestern Florida formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee River and the Flint River at the Florida border Biscayne Bay - a narrow bay formed by an inlet from the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern Florida Caloosahatchee, Caloosahatchee River - a river in southern Florida that flows westerly to the Gulf of Mexico; forms the western end of the Cross-Florida Waterway Cape Canaveral, Cape Kennedy - a sandy promontory (formerly Cape Kennedy) extending into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island off the eastern coast of Florida; the site of a NASA center for spaceflight Everglades - a large subtropical swamp in southern Florida that is noted for its wildlife cay, Florida key, key - a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida Kissimmee, Kissimmee River - a river of central Florida that flows southward to Lake Okeechobee Lake Okeechobee, Okeechobee - a lake in southeast Florida to the north of the Everglades Okefenokee Swamp - a large swampy area of northeast Florida and southeast Georgia Saint Johns, Saint Johns River, St. Johns, St. Johns River - a river in northeastern Florida that flows northward to Jacksonville and then eastward to empty into the Atlantic Ocean