From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
Florence
n 1: a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of
Tuscany; center of the Italian renaissance from 14th to
16th centuries [syn: Firenze, Florence]
2: a town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Florence \Flor"ence\, n. [From the city of Florence: cf. F.
florence a kind of cloth, OF. florin.]
1. An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six
shillings sterling value. --Camden.
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2. A kind of cloth. --Johnson.
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Florence flask. See under Flask.
Florence oil, olive oil prepared in Florence.
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