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Definitions for Florence
ˈflɔr əns, ˈflɒr-flo·rence

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Firenze, Florencenoun

    a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries

  2. Florencenoun

    a town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center

Wiktionary

  1. Florencenoun

    A province of Tuscany, Italy.

  2. Florencenoun

    The capital city of the province Florence.

  3. Florencenoun

    The capital city of the Deparment of Caquetá, Colombia.

  4. Etymology: Florence, from Florentia (as a given name, a feminine form of Florentius), from florens.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Florencenoun

    A kind of cloath. Dict.

    Etymology: from the city Florence.

Wikipedia

  1. Florence

    Florence ( FLORR-ənss; Italian: Firenze [fiˈrɛntse] (listen)) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center. During this time, Florence rose to a position of enormous influence in Italy, Europe, and beyond. Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. The Florentine dialect forms the base of Standard Italian and it became the language of culture throughout Italy due to the prestige of the masterpieces by Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini. The city attracts millions of tourists each year, and UNESCO declared the Historic Centre of Florence a World Heritage Site in 1982. The city is noted for its culture, Renaissance art and architecture and monuments. The city also contains numerous museums and art galleries, such as the Uffizi Gallery and the Palazzo Pitti, and still exerts an influence in the fields of art, culture and politics. Due to Florence's artistic and architectural heritage, Forbes ranked it as the most beautiful city in the world in 2010.Florence plays an important role in Italian fashion, and is ranked in the top 15 fashion capitals of the world by Global Language Monitor; furthermore, it is a major national economic centre, as well as a tourist and industrial hub.

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  1. florence

    Florence is a city in central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is well-known for its culture, Renaissance art and architecture, and numerous monuments. Florence is also famous for its history as a center of medieval European trade and finance, and being one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is often considered the birthplace of the Renaissance. The city attracts millions of tourists each year and is also home to many notable museums and art galleries such as the Uffizi Gallery and the Palazzo Pitti.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Florencenoun

    an ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six shillings sterling value

  2. Florencenoun

    a kind of cloth

  3. Etymology: [From the city of Florence: cf. F. florence a kind of cloth, OF. florin.]

Wikidata

  1. Florence

    Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area. Florence is famous for its history. A centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of the time, Florence is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance, and has been called the Athens of the Middle Ages. A turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family, and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city was also the capital of the recently established Kingdom of Italy. The historic centre of Florence attracts millions of tourists each year, and Euromonitor International ranked the city as the world's 72nd most visited in 2009, with 1,685,000 visitors. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982. Due to Florence's artistic and architectural heritage, it has been ranked by Forbes as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and the city is noted for its history, culture, Renaissance art and architecture and monuments. The city also contains numerous museums and art galleries, such as the Uffizi Gallery and the Pitti Palace, amongst others, and still exerts an influence in the fields of art, culture and politics.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Florence

    a famous Italian city, situated 50 m. from the sea; it lies in the valley of the Arno, and is built on both sides of the river, but chiefly on the N.; the outlying suburbs are singularly beautiful, and are surrounded by finely wooded hills, bright with gay villas and charming gardens; the old city itself is characterised by a sombre grandness, and is full of fine buildings of historic and artistic interest; chief amongst these is the cathedral, or Duomo, begun in 1298, with its grand dome and campanile (293 ft.), by Giotto. It is the city of Dante, Petrarch, Michael Angelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Galileo and many more of Italy's great men, and has a history of exceptional interest; it has many fine art galleries; is an educational centre, and carries on a trade in straw-plaiting and silk.

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Etymology and Origins

  1. Florence

    Expresses “The City of Flowers.”

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. FLORENCE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Florence is ranked #3865 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Florence surname appeared 9,177 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Florence.

    59.1% or 5,429 total occurrences were White.
    34.6% or 3,180 total occurrences were Black.
    3% or 280 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2% or 186 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.7% or 64 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.4% or 38 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Florence in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Florence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Florence in a Sentence

  1. Gabriele Angeli:

    With the mobile farm we want to conquer Europe, it will allow us to export our business model which we've been experimenting with here in Florence.

  2. Dario Franceschini:

    The earthquake in Florence fortunately did not damage the government’s cultural assets, but it has made the need to approve this project even more urgent. A masterpiece like David must not be left to any risk.

  3. Martin Horn:

    It's very well designed for its purpose, to hold the most dangerous offenders in the federal prison system, in his previous two escapes, Guzman has demonstrated that he may be a greater risk of escaping than pretty much anyone else. That makes ADX Florence an appropriate place for him.

  4. Marian Thier:

    I landed in Florence at six o'clock in the morning, gave a keynote speech and returned to the airport that evening to fly back to the U.S., i thought, I am never doing this again.

  5. Juan Mendez:

    On the federal level, I want to go to ADX in Florence, Colorado and to the Manhattan Correctional Center, those are where people accused of terrorism are taken or where they serve their term.

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