Florida
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a state in the southeastern United States between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. 58,560 square miles (151,670 square kilometers). Tallahassee. FL (for use with zip code), Fla.
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Also called Florida Straits,. Also called Florida Strait. Straits of Florida. an ocean passage between the Florida Keys and Cuba connecting the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.
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Abbreviation: Fla.. FL. a state of the southeastern US, between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico: consists mostly of a low-lying peninsula ending in the Florida Keys a chain of small islands off the coast of S Florida, extending southwest for over 160 km (100 miles). Capital: Tallahassee. Pop: 17 019 068 (2003 est). Area: 143 900 sq km (55 560 sq miles)
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a sea passage between the Florida Keys and Cuba, linking the Atlantic with the Gulf of Mexico
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Home of the Kennedy Space Center, launch site for many U.S. space missions.
Home of Walt Disney World, an amusement park near Orlando, and many other theme parks. (See Walt Disney.)
St. Augustine, located on the coast of Northern Florida, is the oldest city in the United States, settled in the sixteenth century by Spain.
One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.
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Publix, a beloved Florida grocer with about 1,400 stores, envisions a dozen locations operating in Kentucky by year’s end.
"It's a very simple message," the president said from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
From BBC
Federal Judge for the Southern District of Florida, said that district courts are “still functioning,” but warned that her colleagues are growing frightened in the current climate, which she called “very dangerous.”
From Salon
Tijuana dentist Dr. Oscar Ceballos told me that roughly 80% of his patients are from north of the border, and come from as far away as Florida, Wisconsin and Alaska.
From Los Angeles Times
"This is my life now," said Molly Doroban, a software engineer and mother of three living in Florida, who said she saw a Google ad and got "sucked into" micro-dramas.
From BBC
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