How Did Florida Get Its Name?
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The state of Florida got its name from a Spanish term and the term is Pascua Florida. When you translate the term into English you will find that it conveys the idea of Flowery Easter and refers to the season of Easter. The reason for the state getting such a name is that there was a Spanish explorer called Juan Ponce de Leon and he landed there during that very season and that made him give the name to the place itself as such and it was adapted by everybody.
As we have talked of the history of Florida, we should talk about its present scenario also and if you take the present state of economy of Florida, it is heavily dependent upon tourism and has major tourist centres like Miami and some other tourist attractions also. So visit the state and enjoy its attractions.
As we have talked of the history of Florida, we should talk about its present scenario also and if you take the present state of economy of Florida, it is heavily dependent upon tourism and has major tourist centres like Miami and some other tourist attractions also. So visit the state and enjoy its attractions.
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When Ponce De Leon landed on Florida, he name it that because he saw a beautiful flower. "flor" means flower in spanish...HOLLA!!!!
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Florida got its name from someone having to land in the florida area
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I thought the explorer Coronado provided the original name "La Florida" (Sp. "the flowery land").
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Florida got its name by a person named Juan Ponce de Leon.Once when it was ---------------------- Juan Ponce de Leon visited Florida, he named Florida Florida, because it was Easter and he was a hispanic person,and in spanish Easter is called Pascua Florida
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Juan ponce de leon found florida he named it that because of a spanish name and the name is pascua florida in spanish it means flowery easter wich can also mean the season of easter. Juan ponce de leon also named it florida because he found florida in the season of easter and since he is spanish a name for easter in spanish is pascua.
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Florida got its name because two lands name made a a name of the flower
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I thought it got its name by when ponce de leon found it and it was covered with flowers so he named it in spanish terms la florida and in english terms florida or ( as i sometimes call it) florida :)
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