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'''Florida''' is a state of the southeast [[Nation Located In::Directory:United States of America|United States]] bordering on the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. It was admitted as the 27th state in [[Year Admitted:=1845|1845]]. The peninsula was explored by Juan Ponce de León in 1513 and became the center of a Spanish settlement that included the southeast part of the present-day United States. The name "Florida" holds the distinction of being the oldest non-American Indian place name in the United States; coined by de León on April 2, 1513.  

'''Florida''' is a state of the southeast [[Nation Located In::Directory:United States of America|United States]] bordering on the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. It was admitted as the 27th state in [[Year Admitted:=1845|1845]]. The peninsula was explored by Juan Ponce de León in 1513 and became the center of a Spanish settlement that included the southeast part of the present-day United States. The name "Florida" holds the distinction of being the oldest non-American Indian place name in the United States; coined by de León on April 2, 1513.