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Why was Florida named "Florida" By ponce De Leon?
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Why was Florida named "Florida" By ponce De Leon?

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because flowers and floral  and florida came up i think
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Florida was named Florida by Juan Ponce De Leon because there was lots of Flowers or floral on the state, hence the name Florida.
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