florence

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1. A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Florence and the region of Tuscany, Italy.
2. A metropolitan city of Tuscany, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Florence.
3. (historical)A former province of Tuscany.
4. A female given name from Latin.

   “It is a sweet name, Florence, but not as sweet as herself. But you shall see her with you own eyes.”

   “I am glad that I chose the name Florence for my daughter, a real name with a history, rather than something that sounds as if it has been made up by a fifteen-year-old pop star's marketing team.”

5. A community in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
6. A suburb of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
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37. (historical)A medieval and early modern republic centered on the city of Florence in Italy that existed from 1115 to 1185 and from 1197 to 1569 when the Grand Duchy of Tuscany was formed.
38. (obsolete)A male given name from Latin.

noun

1. (historical)An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III, coined by Florentines and worth six shillings sterling.

   “he first gold that K. Edw . 3. coyned , was in the yeare 1343 , and the peeces were called Florences because Florentines were the coyners”

2. (historical)A kind of silk fabric; florentine.