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Florida

[flawr-i-duh, flor-]

noun

  1. a state in the southeastern United States between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. 58,560 square miles (151,670 square kilometers). Tallahassee. FL (for use with zip code), Fla.

  2. Also called Florida Straits,.Also called Florida Strait.Straits of Florida. an ocean passage between the Florida Keys and Cuba connecting the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.



Florida

/ ˈڱɒɪə /

noun

  1. Abbreviation: Fla.. FL.a state of the southeastern US, between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico: consists mostly of a low-lying peninsula ending in the Florida Keys a chain of small islands off the coast of S Florida, extending southwest for over 160 km (100 miles). Capital: Tallahassee. Pop: 17 019 068 (2003 est). Area: 143 900 sq km (55 560 sq miles)

  2. a sea passage between the Florida Keys and Cuba, linking the Atlantic with the Gulf of Mexico

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Florida

  1. The southeasternmost state of the contiguous United States, bordered by Alabama and Georgia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, and the Gulf of Mexico and Alabama to the west. Its capital is Tallahassee, and its largest city is Jacksonville.

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Home of the Kennedy Space Center, launch site for many U.S. space missions.
Home of Walt Disney World, an amusement park near Orlando, and many other theme parks. (See Walt Disney.)
St. Augustine, located on the coast of Northern Florida, is the oldest city in the United States, settled in the sixteenth century by Spain.
One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.
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Brown had already been detained by off-duty Florida Highway Patrol officers serving as security for the amateur boxing event held in the area.

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A sheriff in Florida issued an ominous warning to people planning protests opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in his county this weekend.

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CPB is expected to be on site for the opener in South Florida and might work other games as well.

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The teen, from Honduras and identified only as "Henry," was taken away from his foster family in Pensacola, Florida, "in handcuffs and leg irons," the Miami Herald reported.

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“There are points where he did 37 takes of the same song,” said William McKeen, who teaches a rock ‘n’ roll history course at the University of Florida.

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