How Did Florida Get Its Name?

Florida is said to have been first seen by the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León on Palm Sunday, second of April 1513. Juan Ponce de León was on an expedition to find the undiscovered land that was chartered by Ferdinand II of Aragon after hearing rumours of far, distant, undiscovered islands in the far west. When Ponce de León first caught sight of modern day Florida, it is documented that he was taken aback by the verdant landscape that was awash with grass and rich vegetation. Along with this, being Easter, which in Spain used to be called “Pascua de Florida” which translates as “Feast of Flowers”, he decided to name his new found region after the event. And thus Florida received its name from the traditional Spanish name for Easter. Over time, the “Pascua de” part of the name has been dropped and was firstly replaced with a “la” for convenience and ease of speech, and named la Florida. La Florida translates directly from Spanish to covered with flowers or abounding with flowers.  There is some debate between historians as to why Florida received this name, if it was due to it being Easter time or in relation to the abundant flowers of the area in spring. Later on in time, the “la” was dropped to give the simple name “Florida” that we all now know as the south eastern state of the United States of America In recognition of Juan Ponce de León’s discovery of Florida, there are many ports on the East coast of the state named after him. One such example is the Ponce de León Port at Daytona Beach.

References: www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/florida/

References: www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/florida/

The state of Florida got its name from a Spanish term and the term is Pascua Florida. When you translate the term into English you will find that it conveys the idea of Flowery Easter and refers to the season of Easter. The reason for the state getting such a name is that there was a Spanish explorer called Juan Ponce de Leon and he landed there during that very season and that made him give the name to the place itself as such and it was adapted by everybody.

As we have talked of the history of Florida, we should talk about its present scenario also and if you take the present state of economy of Florida, it is heavily dependent upon tourism and has major tourist centres like Miami and some other tourist attractions also. So visit the state and enjoy its attractions.

Florida get its name from a spanish term
Pascua Florida

I thought the explorer Coronado provided the original name "La Florida" (Sp. "the flowery land").

Juan ponce de leon found florida he named it that because of a spanish name and the name is pascua florida in spanish it means flowery easter wich can also mean the season of easter. Juan ponce de leon also named it florida because he found florida in the season of easter and since he is spanish a name for easter in spanish is pascua.

Florida got its name from from a spanish term

From a spanish term

I thought it got its name by when ponce de leon found it and it was covered with flowers so he named it in spanish terms la florida and in english terms florida or ( as I sometimes call it) florida :)

Florida got its name by a person named Juan Ponce de Leon.Once when it was ------   Juan Ponce de Leon visited Florida, he named Florida Florida, because it was Easter and he was a hispanic person,and in spanish Easter is called Pascua Florida

Person who named florida

Ponce de leon lead a group of people there and he named it florida

When Ponce De Leon landed on Florida, he name it that because he saw a beautiful flower. "flor" means flower in spanish...HOLLA!!!!

Florida got its name from someone having to land in the florida area

Florida got its name because two lands name made a a name of the flower