Florence
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- proper noun
- /ˈflɔrəns/
:
Florencia
- The leather purse he'd bought her in Florence was tucked under her arm.
- city of Florence
- Renaissance Florence
- Piazza in Florence
They're in Rome, they're in Florence, they're in Tuscany.
- They're in Rome, they're in Florence, they're in Tuscany.
- But yeah, confirmed Paris, London, Florence, Venice.
- Obviously I liked it, but we got to go to Barcelona, Florence, you know, all these amazing places.
- Some guy that went to university for four years to study the city of Florence and its history.
Examples
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She'd spent the last year and a half in Florence, supporting herself as a tour guide.
Fiction book (1996) -
I went to a wedding in Florence, Italy.
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And like I might move to Florence in the fall.
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But when my father died, we had to leave Florence and go to London.
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We went to Rome and Florence and we had a really, really nice time.
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For their honeymoon, he took her to Paris; then on to Florence and Rome.
Fiction book (1999) -
Dearest India, I'm writing this letter to you from Florence.
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In 1912, Berdyaev moved with his new family to Florence for a year's stay in the Tuscan sun.
Academic text (1991) -
His well-known treatise De pictura, written in Florence in 1435, provides a new theoretical explication of painting.
Academic text (2012) -
During our vacation, we visited Florence, a beautiful city known for its art and history.
Synonyms
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The Italian name for Florence, a city in central Italy known for art and history
Compounds
A meeting of Catholic church leaders from 1431 to 1449 to discuss reforms and unity
A vegetable with a swollen white bulb and a sweet, licorice-like taste that you eat cooked or raw
Surface Forms
Etymology
Florence comes from the old Latin name Florentia, based on flor meaning 'flower' or 'to bloom'. So the city was called a 'flourishing' place, which fits its rich art and culture.