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U.S. state, formerly a Sp. colony, probably from Sp. Pascua Florida, lit. "flowering Easter," a Sp. name for Palm Sunday, because the peninsula was discovered on that day (March 20, 1513) by the expedition of Sp. explorer Ponce de León.

Source: Online Etmology Dictionary

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