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. 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) Ancient nameFlorentiaflɒˈrɛntsɪə-ˈrɛntɪə Italian nameFirenze

Florence

1. City in central Italy on the Arno River.

Notes

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

The stars align in the strangest ways for Florence when she somehow becomes the personal assistant to the author, leading them on a research trip to Marrakesh, where things go haywire.

From Time

There would be no marches on Florence’s Piazza della Signoria that day, or the next.

From Fortune

Before Florence died in February, she wrote a letter to Katherine that was read in court during sentencing Monday.

From Washington Post

Giant squids tend to have short lives, lasting about five years, Florence said.

From Washington Post

The speech made such an impression on Florence that she always began her life story with this moment, which inspired her long career as an activist.

From MIT Technology Review

Arthur Acton decided to go into business with a neighbor in Florence, Bernard Berenson.

From The Daily Beast

According to Hales, Florence was a town ruled by and for men.

From The Daily Beast

But the Mafia also took its revenge, setting off bombs in Rome, Florence and Milan that killed ten people.

From The Daily Beast

The next morning, guests boarded private jets to Florence for the ceremony at the Forte di Belvedere, rented for a cool $400,000.

From The Daily Beast

They will reportedly take a smaller group of friends to another villa outside Florence to continue the celebrations on Sunday.

From The Daily Beast

You are thinking: Lucky fellow, first he writes from Venice and then from Florence.

From Project Gutenberg

This day I saw the Florence Ambassador go to his audience, the weather very foul, and yet he and his company very gallant.

From Project Gutenberg

Savonarola kindled a greater fire in Florence than all the artists whom the Medici ever patronized.

From Project Gutenberg

The queen-mother is about to be sent back to Florence, and Monsieur de Conde will no doubt be brought to trial.

From Project Gutenberg

The queen is from Florence; she knows that poison should never be used except as a weapon of personal revenge.

From Project Gutenberg