English > Fla.: 1 sense > noun 1, locationMeaning | A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states / states during the American Civil War. |
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Synonyms | Florida, Sunshine State, Everglade State, FL |
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Instance of | American state | One of the 50 states of the United States |
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Member of | Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland | The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 |
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Part of | Gulf States | A region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico |
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United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. | 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 |
Parts | Apalachicola, Apalachicola River | A river in northwestern Florida formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee River and the Flint River at the Florida border |
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Biscayne Bay | A narrow bay formed by an inlet from the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern Florida |
Biscayne National Park | A national park in Florida having underwater coral reefs and marine life |
Caloosahatchee, Caloosahatchee River | A river in southern Florida that flows westerly to the Gulf of Mexico |
Caloosahatchee Canal | A canal that connects Lake Okeechobee with the Caloosahatchee River in southern Florida to form part 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 |
Daytona Beach | A resort town in northeast Florida on the Atlantic coast |
Everglades | A large subtropical swamp in southern Florida that is noted for its wildlife |
Everglades National Park | A national park in Florida containing an immense subtropical wilderness with mangrove swamps and rare birds and wild animals |
Fort Lauderdale | A city in southeast Florida on the Atlantic coast to the north of Miami |
Fort Myers | A town in southwest Florida |
Gainesville | A university town in north central Florida |
Jacksonville | Florida's largest city |
Key West | A town on the westernmost of the Florida keys in the Gulf of Mexico |
Kissimmee, Kissimmee River | A river of central Florida that flows southward to Lake Okeechobee |
Melbourne | A resort town in east central Florida |
Miami | A city and resort in southeastern Florida on Biscayne Bay |
Miami Beach | A city in southeastern Florida on an island between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean |
Okeechobee, Lake Okeechobee | A lake in southeast Florida to the north of the Everglades |
Okefenokee Swamp | A large swampy area of northeast Florida and southeast Georgia |
Orlando | A city in central Florida |
Palm Beach | A resort town in southeast Florida on an island on the Atlantic coast |
Panama City | A resort and fishing / fishing town on the Gulf of Mexico in northwest Florida |
Pensacola | A town in extreme northwest Florida |
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 |
Sarasota | A town in west central Florida on the Gulf of Mexico |
St. Augustine, Saint Augustine | A resort city in northeastern Florida |
St. Petersburg, Saint Petersburg | A city in western Florida on Tampa Bay |
Tallahassee, capital of Florida | Capital of the state of Florida |
Tampa | A resort city in western Florida |
Tampa Bay | An arm of the Gulf of Mexico in west central Florida |
West Palm Beach | A town in southeast Florida on the mainland opposite Palm Beach |
key, cay, Florida key | A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida |
Spanish | Florida |
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Catalan | Departament de Florida, Florida |
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