English > Florida: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | 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 | Sunshine State, Everglade State, FL, Fla. |
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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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