Florence

[flawr-uhns, flor-]

noun

1. Italian Firenze. a city in central Italy, on the Arno River: capital of the former grand duchy of Tuscany.

2. a city in NW Alabama, on the Tennessee River.

3. a city in E South Carolina.

4. a town in N Kentucky.

5. a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “flowery.”

Florence

/ ˈflɒrəns /

noun

1. Ancient name: Florentia. Italian name: Firenze. a city in central Italy, on the River Arno in Tuscany: became an independent republic in the 14th century; under Austrian and other rule intermittently from 1737 to 1859; capital of Italy 1865–70. It was the major cultural and artistic centre of the Renaissance and is still one of the world's chief art centres. Pop: 356 118 (2001)

Florence

1. City in central Italy on the Arno River.

Florence is a tourist center known for its handicrafts.

Florence was the center of the Italian Renaissance from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries, during which time the artistic and intellectual life of the city flourished. Dante, Boccaccio, Botticelli, Donatello, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo were among the authors and artists who were born and were active there.

It was dominated by the Medici family from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries.

The city's many works of architecture include the cathedral (see also cathedral) of Santa Maria del Fiore, the Pitti Palace, and the Uffizi.

Example Sentences

A performance from Olivia Dean kicks off this year's Live Lounge month on 29 September, with the final show from Florence and the Machine on 3 November.

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As her friend and collaborator Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine once pointed out: "Contentment is a creativity killer."

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Centre Florence Symonds, who scored two high-class tries in the warm-up win over Ireland, is in ominously good form.

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Italy has brought under control a five-day blaze on Mount Vesuvius but remains under extreme heat warnings in 16 cities, with Florence touching 39C.

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One child died of heatstroke in Italy on Monday, where temperatures of 40C are expected to hit later this week and red heat alerts were in place for 16 cities including Rome, Milan and Florence.

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