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Florence.

Florence (a city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Florence and the region of Tuscany, Italy)

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name/flɔ.ʁɑ̃s/
  1. Florence (a city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Florence and the region of Tuscany, Italy)

    feminine
  2. Florence (a metropolitan city of Tuscany, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Florence)

    feminine
  3. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Florence, feminine form of the saint's name Florent

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin flōrens Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin Flōrentia Middle French Florence French Florence Inherited from Middle French Florence, from Latin Flōrentia, from flōrens (“flowering”) + -ia (suffix forming place names).

name/flɔ.ʁɑ̃s/
  1. a male given name from Latin, archaic form of Florent

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin Flōrentius Middle French Florence French Florence Inherited from Middle French Florence, from Latin Flōrentius. Compare French Maxence m, from Latin Maxentius.

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