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Meaning of FLORENCE

Pronunciation:  'floruns

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a city in central Italy on the Arno River; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
  2. [n]  a town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center
 

FLORENCE is a 8 letter word that starts with F.

 

 Synonyms: Firenze
 
 See Also: city, metropolis, Palmetto State, SC, South Carolina, Toscana, town, Tuscany, urban center

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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