Definition of "Florida"

Florida

/ˈflɒɹ.ɪ.də/

proper noun
1. A state of the United States. Capital: Tallahassee. Largest city: Jacksonville.
  Quotations
  In 2012 in Florida, a staggering 88% of all license suspensions were due to failure to comply with summons or fines, which is insane. It also leaves only 12% for Florida’s other most common violations: accidentally taking your golf cart on the freeway, feeding meth to an alligator, feeding an alligator to a meth dealer, and being an alligator meth dealer. Florida!
  2015, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Municipal Violations”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 2, episode 7, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO
2. The peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States.
3. Several places in South and Central America:
  1. Two adjacent cities in Vicente López department, Buenos Aires province, Argentina: Florida Este and Florida Oeste.
  2. A province of the Santa Cruz department, Bolivia.
  3. A municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
  4. A town and commune of the Biobío region, Chile.
  5. A town in the Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
  6. A municipality of the Copán department, Honduras.
  7. A district of the Amazonas region, Peru.
  8. A department of Uruguay.
  9. A city, the capital of the Florida department, Uruguay.
4. Several places in the Caribbean:
  1. A municipality and city in Camagüey province, Cuba
  2. A town and municipality of Puerto Rico.
  3. A barrio of the municipality of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico.
  4. A barrio in the municipality and island of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
5. Several places in the United States:
  1. An unincorporated community in La Plata County, Colorado, named for the river.
  2. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Indiana, named for the state.
  3. A township in Parke County, Indiana, named after a place in New York.
  4. A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, perhaps named for Spanish Florida.
  5. A township in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, named after Florida Creek.
  6. A ghost town and former village in Monroe County, Missouri, named for the state.
  7. A town in Montgomery County, New York, named for the state.
  8. A village in Orange County, New York.
  9. A village in Henry County, Ohio, named for the state.
  10. A river in Colorado, flowing from Lillie Lake in the Weminuche Wilderness into the Animas near Durango.
6. A suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa, perhaps named for the state.
7. An unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada.
8. University of Florida.