fl

Noun
  1. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico;
    One of the Confederate states during the American Civil War (synset 109094188)
    is an instance of: american state - one of the 50 states of the United States
    belongs to: confederacy, confederate states, confederate states of america, dixie, dixieland, south - the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
    has:
    • caloosahatchee canal - a canal that connects Lake Okeechobee with the Caloosahatchee River in southern Florida to form part of the Cross-Florida Waterway
    • biscayne national park - a national park in Florida having underwater coral reefs and marine life
    • everglades national park - a national park in Florida containing an immense subtropical wilderness with mangrove swamps and rare birds and wild animals
    • daytona beach - a resort town in northeast Florida on the Atlantic coast; hard white beaches have been used for automobile speed trials
    • fort lauderdale - a city in southeast Florida on the Atlantic coast to the north of Miami; a favorite place for college students to go on their spring vacations
    • fort myers - a town in southwest Florida
    • gainesville - a university town in north central Florida
    • jacksonville - Florida's largest city; a port and important commercial center in northeastern Florida
    • key west - a town on the westernmost of the Florida keys in the Gulf of Mexico
    • melbourne - a resort town in east central Florida
    • miami - a city and resort in southeastern Florida on Biscayne Bay; the best known city in Florida; a haven for retirees and a refuge for Cubans fleeing Castro
    • miami beach - a city in southeastern Florida on an island between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean; known for fashionable resort hotels
    • orlando - a city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World
    • palm beach - a resort town in southeast Florida on an island on the Atlantic coast
    • panama city - a resort and fishing town on the Gulf of Mexico in northwest Florida
    • pensacola - a town in extreme northwest Florida
    • sarasota - a town in west central Florida on the Gulf of Mexico
    • saint augustine, st. augustine - a resort city in northeastern Florida; the oldest city in the United States
    • saint petersburg, st. petersburg - a city in western Florida on Tampa Bay; a popular winter resort
    • capital of florida, tallahassee - capital of the state of Florida; located in northern Florida
    • tampa - a resort city in western Florida; located on Tampa Bay on the Gulf of Mexico
    • west palm beach - a town in southeast Florida on the mainland opposite Palm Beach; founded as a commercial center for Palm Beach
    • apalachicola, apalachicola river - a river in northwestern Florida formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee River and the Flint River at the Florida border
    • biscayne bay - a narrow bay formed by an inlet from the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern Florida
    • caloosahatchee, caloosahatchee river - a river in southern Florida that flows westerly to the Gulf of Mexico; forms the western end of the Cross-Florida Waterway
    • cape canaveral, cape kennedy - a sandy promontory (formerly Cape Kennedy) extending into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island off the eastern coast of Florida; the site of a NASA center for spaceflight
    • everglades - a large subtropical swamp in southern Florida that is noted for its wildlife
    • cay, florida key, key - a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
    • kissimmee, kissimmee river - a river of central Florida that flows southward to Lake Okeechobee
    • lake okeechobee, okeechobee - a lake in southeast Florida to the north of the Everglades
    • okefenokee swamp - a large swampy area of northeast Florida and southeast Georgia
    • saint johns, saint johns river, st. johns, st. johns river - a river in northeastern Florida that flows northward to Jacksonville and then eastward to empty into the Atlantic Ocean
    • tampa bay - an arm of the Gulf of Mexico in west central Florida
    is a part of:
    • america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
    • gulf states - a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas
    same as: everglade state, fla., florida, sunshine state

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