Meaning & use
Florence
A city in central Italy, capital of the Tuscany region, celebrated as a center of Renaissance art and architecture.
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Tourists flock to Florence every year to see Michelangelo's David and the famous cathedral dome.
They studied Renaissance painting during a semester spent living in Florence.
A note on using this word
Florence is also a common English female given name, popularized partly by nurse and reformer Florence Nightingale.
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Another way to use it
2. proper noun
A common English female given name.
Her grandmother, named Florence, was born in the same decade as the famous nurse.
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