Floridian

[ fluh-rid-ee-uhn ]

/ fləˈrɪd i ən /

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adjective

of or relating to the state of Florida.

noun

a native or inhabitant of the state of Florida.

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Also Flor·i·dan

[flawr-i-duhn, flor-]. /ˈflɔr ɪ dən, ˈflɒr-/.

Words nearby Floridian

Florida moss, Florida room, Florida Strait, Florida velvet bean, floridean starch, Floridian, floriferous, florigen, florilegium, florin, Florio

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How to use Floridian in a sentence

Floridian environmental officials, in partnership with the US Fish and Wildlife Service are planning to launch a controlled feeding initiative to help sustain the struggling manatees.
Wildlife officials are taking radical steps to save Florida’s starving manatees|Hannah Seo|December 8, 2021|Popular-Science
At the core of the partnership is Misfits’ status as the most prominent Floridian esports organization.
Misfits Gaming partners with The E.W. Scripps Company in a bid to bring esports content to Floridian television viewers|Alexander Lee|September 24, 2021|Digiday
With the former king of the pool retired and Olympic swimming set to start Saturday, the 24-year-old Floridian is ready to take on those mantles.
Caeleb Dressel Isn’t Just The Next Michael Phelps. He Might Be Even Better.|Josh Planos|July 23, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
The lab colonies have little resistance to some common pesticides such as permethrin that the Floridian mosquitoes barely seem to notice.
The U.S.’s first open-air genetically modified mosquitoes have taken flight|Susan Milius|May 14, 2021|Science News

Under Floridian law, once evidence is turned over to the defense it becomes public record.
Watch Justin Bieber Try to Walk in a Straight Line After His DUI Arrest|Amy Zimmerman|February 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Marchman takes it as a given that MLB basing its case on the say-so of a sketchy Floridian drug-dealer is preposterous.
Major League Baseball Is Right to Punish the Biogenesis Cheats|Michael Brendan Dougherty|June 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I think you had better take him with you, for he is fully informed in regard to the Floridian, which you are to bring out.
Stand By The Union|Oliver Optic
In rearing, the Floridian system has always been to make every thing subservient to the increase of the herd.
Palmetto-Leaves|Harriet Beecher Stowe
He mentions one particular, which we do not gather from Laudonniere, showing the sagacity of the Floridian warriors.
The Lily and the Totem|William Gilmore Simms
Louis Bourdon little knew how much he had escaped, in thus becoming a dweller in the Floridian Eden.
The Lily and the Totem|William Gilmore Simms
According to Charlevoix, Toya was the name of the Floridian god, and not that of the ceremonies simply.
The Lily and the Totem|William Gilmore Simms

British Dictionary definitions for Floridian

Floridian

/ (flɒˈrɪdɪən) /

noun

a native or inhabitant of Florida

adjective

of or relating to Florida or its inhabitants

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