Showing results for Daytona Beach. Search instead for Dayton Daily.

Daytona Beach

American

[dey-toh-nuh] / deɪˈtoʊ nə /

noun

a city in NE Florida: seashore resort.

Daytona Beach British

/ deɪˈtəʊnə /

noun

a city in NE Florida, on the Atlantic: a resort with a beach of hard white sand, used since 1903 for motor speed trials. Pop: 64 581 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

After graduating and spending two months stacking cases of beer, he decided to become a pilot and enrolled in flight school in Daytona Beach, Fla.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

At that time, he had been working at Champion Elite Legacy cheerleading gym in south Daytona Beach, which is now closed.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

But despite its power, Sir Malcolm knew the Blue Bird had "maxed out" and when 200mph was breached at the 23-mile Daytona Beach in Florida by Henry Segrave.

From BBC • Jul. 20, 2025

According to The Daytona Beach News-Journal, it’s not clear at this time whether city commissioners will have to vote to repeal the ordinance in the city's redevelopment areas.

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2024

The black boy is born in Daytona Beach, Florida, and his mother abandons him at the age of two.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023