florence Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
    Firenze.
  2. noun a town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center

WordNet

Flor"ence noun
Etymology
From the city of Florence: cf. F. florence a kind of cloth, OF. florin.
Definitions
  1. An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six shillings sterling value. Camden.
  2. A kind of cloth. Johnson.

Webster 1913