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A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Florence and the region of Tuscany, Italy.
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A metropolitan city of Tuscany, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Florence.
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A former province of Tuscany.
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A female given name from Latin.
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A community in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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A suburb of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
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A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama.
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A number of places in the United States:
A town, the county seat of Pinal County, Arizona.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California.
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A number of places in the United States:
A statutory city in Fremont County, Colorado.
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A number of places in the United States:
A village in Pike County, Illinois.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Stephenson County, Illinois.
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A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in York Township, Switzerland County, Indiana.
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A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Marion County, Kansas, named after daughter of Samuel J. Crawford.
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A number of places in the United States:
A home rule city in Boone County, Kentucky.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.
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A number of places in the United States:
A village in the city of Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
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A number of places in the United States:
A tiny city in Lyon County, Minnesota.
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A number of places in the United States:
A town in Rankin County, Mississippi.
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An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Missouri.
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A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Ravalli County, Montana.
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A number of places in the United States:
A neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska.
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A township in New Jersey.
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A number of places in the United States:
A town in Oneida County, New York.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Paint Township, Madison County, Ohio.
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A number of places in the United States:
A coastal city in Lane County, Oregon.
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An unincorporated community in Hanover Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
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A city, the county seat of Florence County, South Carolina.
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A number of places in the United States:
A town in Codington County, South Dakota.
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An unincorporated community in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
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A city in Williamson County, Texas.
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An unincorporated community in the town of Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont.
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An unincorporated community in Snohomish County, Washington.
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An unincorporated census-designated place, the county seat of Florence County, Wisconsin.
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A town in Florence County, Wisconsin, surrounding the census-designated place of the same name.
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A number of places in the United States:
A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Florence Township.
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A medieval and early modern republic centered on the city of Florence in Italy that existed from 1115 to 1185 and from 1197 to 1569 when the Grand Duchy of Tuscany was formed.
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A male given name from Latin.
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An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III, coined by Florentines and worth six shillings sterling.
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A kind of silk fabric; florentine.
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a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
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Synonyms: Firenze
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Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center
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a town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center
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Broader terms: town
History
Borrowed from French Florence f, from Latin Flōrentia (as a given name, a feminine form of Flōrentius), from flōrens (“flowering, flourishing”), from flōs (“flower”), connected with English bloom and blossom. Doublet of Firenze. The female given name gained popularity from Florence Nightingale who was born in the Tuscan city.
Borrowed from French Florence m (male given name, archaic form of Florent), from Latin Flōrentius.
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