Fla.

American  

abbreviation

1. Florida.

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Fla. British  

abbreviation

1. Florida

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Example Sentences

Jacksonville, Fla., outranked other big cities—despite struggling with its pension costs—thanks to a local infrastructure sales tax, federal stimulus funding, and repairs and updates following recent hurricanes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Birmingham, Ala., tops the list of the places where newly minted graduates are landing jobs with a college-level career track, followed by Tampa, Fla., according to the new study by payroll processor ADP.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

“There’s a place for them,” especially for flights in and out of domestic-tourism magnets such as Las Vegas and Orlando, Fla., said Ernest Arvai, president of aviation consultancy AirInsight Group.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

The tallest player in college basketball history plans to take his long strides from Gainesville, Fla., to Orange County.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Leaves rounded, deeply 5–7-lobed, smooth and shining, glandular-serrate, the lobes pointed.—Moist woods, from Conn. to S. Ill., and south to Fla. and Tex.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa