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Flor·ence

[flawr-uh

ns, flor-] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	Italian, Firenze. a city in central Italy, on the Arno River: capital of the former grand duchy of Tuscany. 464,425.

2.	a city in NW Alabama, on the Tennessee River. 37,029.

3.	a city in E South Carolina. 30,062.

4.	a town in N Kentucky. 15,586.

5.	a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “flowery.”

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Flor·ence (flôr'əns, flŏr'-) Pronunciation Key

also Fi·ren·ze (fē-rěn'dzě) A city of central Italy on the Arno River east of Pisa. Originally an Etruscan settlement, then a Roman town, Florence was a powerful city-state under the Medici family during the Italian Renaissance, with a brilliant artistic flowering led by Giotto, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Dante, and Raphael. Florence was the capital of newly unified Italy from 1865 to 1871, when the government was moved to Rome. Population: 367,000.
A city of northwest Alabama on the Tennessee River west-northwest of Decatur. Founded in 1818, it is highly industrialized. Population: 36,500.
An unincorporated community of southern California, a residential and manufacturing suburb of Los Angeles. Population: 60,100.

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Florence

fem. proper name, from L. Florentia, fem. of Florentius, lit. "blooming," from florens (gen. florentis), prp. of florere "to flower" (see flourish). The c.1700 "Dictionary of the Canting Crew" defines Florence as a slang word for "a Wench that is touz'd and ruffled." This was also the It. city name, which became in O.It. Fiorenze, in modern It. Firenze.

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florence
noun
1.	a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries [syn: Firenze]
2.	a town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center

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Florence

City in central Italy on the Arno River.

Note: Florence was the center of the Italian Renaissance from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries, during which time the artistic and intellectual life of the city flourished. Dante, Boccaccio, Botticelli, Donatello, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo were among the authors and artists who were born and were active there.

Note: It was dominated by the Medici family from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries.

Note: The city's many works of architecture include the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, the Pitti Palace, and the Uffizi.

Note: Florence is a tourist center known for its handicrafts.

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Florence County, SC (county, FIPS 41) Location: 34.02378 N, 79.70732 W
Population (1990): 114344 (43209 housing units)
Area: 2070.0 sq km (land), 9.9 sq km (water)

Florence County, WI (county, FIPS 37) Location: 45.85110 N, 88.39933 W
Population (1990): 4590 (3775 housing units)
Area: 1264.1 sq km (land), 24.4 sq km (water)

Florence-Roebling, NJ (CDP, FIPS 23895) Location: 40.11815 N, 74.79455 W
Population (1990): 8564 (3364 housing units)
Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)

Florence-Graham, CA (CDP, FIPS 24477) Location: 33.96705 N, 118.24437 W
Population (1990): 57147 (13488 housing units)
Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Florence, AL (city, FIPS 26896) Location: 34.82785 N, 87.66506 W
Population (1990): 36426 (15913 housing units)
Area: 60.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 35630, 35633

Florence, SC (city, FIPS 25810) Location: 34.18100 N, 79.78040 W
Population (1990): 29813 (11790 housing units)
Area: 38.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 29501, 29505

Florence, NJ Zip code(s): 08518

Florence, OR (city, FIPS 26050) Location: 43.98639 N, 124.10311 W
Population (1990): 5162 (2741 housing units)
Area: 8.9 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 97439

Florence, SD (town, FIPS 21820) Location: 45.05557 N, 97.32591 W
Population (1990): 192 (79 housing units)
Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 57235

Florence, TX (town, FIPS 26136) Location: 30.83967 N, 97.79265 W
Population (1990): 829 (361 housing units)
Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 76527

Florence, VT Zip code(s): 05744

Florence, WI Zip code(s): 54121

Florence, MT Zip code(s): 59833

Florence, MS (town, FIPS 24980) Location: 32.15485 N, 90.12842 W
Population (1990): 1831 (709 housing units)
Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 39073

Florence, AZ (town, FIPS 23760) Location: 33.03757 N, 111.37391 W
Population (1990): 7510 (2143 housing units)
Area: 15.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 85232

Florence, CO (city, FIPS 27040) Location: 38.38524 N, 105.11639 W
Population (1990): 2990 (1293 housing units)
Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 81226

Florence, IN Zip code(s): 47020

Florence, KS (city, FIPS 23600) Location: 38.24284 N, 96.92911 W
Population (1990): 636 (302 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 66851

Florence, KY (city, FIPS 27982) Location: 38.99150 N, 84.64291 W
Population (1990): 18624 (7336 housing units)
Area: 21.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 41042

Florence, MA Zip code(s): 01060

Florence, MN (city, FIPS 21410) Location: 44.23687 N, 96.05147 W
Population (1990): 53 (29 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 56170

Florence, MO Zip code(s): 65329

Florence, IL (village, FIPS 26480) Location: 39.62820 N, 90.61020 W
Population (1990): 45 (28 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

New Florence, MO (city, FIPS 51770) Location: 38.90822 N, 91.44990 W
Population (1990): 801 (290 housing units)
Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 63363

New Florence, PA (borough, FIPS 53544) Location: 40.37907 N, 79.07500 W
Population (1990): 854 (356 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 15944

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Florence

Flor"ence\, n. [From the city of Florence: cf. F. florence a kind of cloth, OF. florin.]

1. An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six shillings sterling value. --Camden.

2. A kind of cloth. --Johnson.

Florence flask. See under Flask.

Florence oil, olive oil prepared in Florence.

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