Florida

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Type Political Subdivision
Usage English (American)
Edit Status Statusnot set
Contributor Contrib.Fanny on 8/8/2014
Last Editor EditorFanny on 12/30/2014  [revision history]

Meaning & History

Name of a state in the United States, formerly a Spanish colony, from Spanish Pascua florida, literally "flowering Easter", a Spanish name for Palm Sunday, because the peninsula was discovered on that day (March 20, 1513) by the expedition of Spanish explorer Ponce de León.