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What does the name ‘Florida’ mean? What language does the name come from? Give three other examples of places in the United States with names that come from that language.

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Florida Meaning ""Flowery" or "Florid", because it was discovered by Ponce de León on Easter Sunday, called Pascua Florida to distinguish this holiday, which occurs in springtime when flowers are abundant, from other Christian holidays called Pascua in Spanish, such as Christmas and Epiphany.

Montana from Latinized Spanish meaning "mountainous", also in Spanish "montaña" is the name of "mountain"

Nevada comes from the Spanish Sierra Nevada (which is also a mountain range in Spain), meaning snowy mountain range (Nevada is the Spanish feminine form of snowy).

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