Florida (disambiguation)

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Florida is a state of the United States. It may also refer to:

Worldwide places:

• Florida, Cuba, a municipality in Camaguey Province, Cuba
• Florida, Gauteng, South Africa
• Florida, Puerto Rico
• Florida Islands in the Solomon Islands in the western Pacific, just north of Guadalcanal
• Strata Florida, a Cistercian abbey in Ceredigion, Wales

In the United States:

• Florida, Massachusetts
• Florida, Missouri
• Florida, Montgomery County, New York
• Florida, Orange County, New York
• Spanish Florida the historic Spanish region which consisted of West Florida and East Florida

In South America:

• Argentina: Florida, Buenos Aires, Vicente López Partido and Florida Street in that city

• Bolivia: Province of Florida, province of the Santa Cruz Department

• Brazil: Flórida Paulista, a municipality in the state of São Paulo

• Chile: La Florida, a municipality

• Colombia: Florida, Valle del Cauca

• Peru: Florida District

• Uruguay: Florida Department and its capital city

In naval history:

• SS Florida, colided with the RMS Republic in 1903
• USS Florida, various ships of that name

In popular music:

• "Florida", a song by Modest Mouse from their 2007 album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
• "Florida", a song by Grandaddy from their 2005 EP Excerpts from the Diary of Todd Zilla
• Florida (album), a 2004 CD by Philadelphia DJ Diplo
• Florida breaks, a genre of electronic music

People and characters:

• Richard Florida, American economist
• Florida Evans, the lead character on the television series Good Times
• Flo Rida, an American rapper

Other:

• University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida, US
• Florida Gators, athletic teams from the University of Florida
• a brand of car made by the Yugoslavian car manufacturer Yugo
• Florida group, a Buenos Aires-based avant-garde literary group in the 1920s, also often referred to as the Martín Fierro group