Florida
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| - | On [[June 4]] [[1939]] the [[SS St. Louis|SS ''St. Louis'']], a ship carrying 963 [[Jew]]ish refugees, is denied permission to land in [[Florida]], [[United States]], after already having been turned away from [[Cuba]]. Forced to return to [[Europe]], most of its passengers later died in [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[concentration camp]]s. | + | # A southeast [[state]] of the [[United States of America]]. Capital: [[Tallahassee]]; largest city: [[Jacksonville]]. |
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| + | From Spanish ''Pascua Florida'', meaning "flowery Easter." | ||
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- A southeast state of the United States of America. Capital: Tallahassee; largest city: Jacksonville.
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Etymology
From Spanish Pascua Florida, meaning "flowery Easter."
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