Florida Definition–noun | 1. | a state in the SE United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. 9,739,992. 58,560 sq. mi. (151,670 sq. km). Capital: Tallahassee. Abbreviation: FL (for use with zip code), Fla. |
| 2. | Straits of. Also called Florida Straits, Florida Strait. an ocean passage between the Florida Keys and Cuba connecting the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. |
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Metropolitan Definition–adjective | 1. | of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, esp. in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc. |
| 2. | of or pertaining to a large city, its surrounding suburbs, and other neighboring communities: the New York metropolitan area. |
| 3. | pertaining to or constituting a mother country. |
| 4. | pertaining to an ecclesiastical metropolis. |
–noun | 5. | an inhabitant of a metropolis. |
| 6. | a person who has the sophistication, fashionable taste, or other habits and manners associated with those who live in a metropolis. |
| 7. | Eastern Church. the head of an ecclesiastical province. |
| 8. | an archbishop in the Church of England. |
| 9. | Roman Catholic Church. an archbishop who has authority over one or more suffragan sees. |
| 10. | (in ancient Greece) a citizen of the mother city or parent state of a colony. |
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University Definition–noun, plural -ties. | an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools. |
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