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| Álvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca |
a Spanish explorer who, after landing on the cape of Florida in 1528 and being stranded in the Gulf coast region for 8 years, published an account of his survival and interaction with the native peoples under the title "La relación" (1542) (b.1490?--d.1557?). |
| Bahamas |
(used with a pl. verb) a chain of islands southeast of Florida and roughly parallel to Cuba; Bahama Islands. [1/2 definitions] |
| Bermuda Triangle |
an area of ocean associated with unsolved mysteries, whose perimeter is marked by an imaginary line that connects Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and the southern tip of Florida. |
| everglade |
a tract of swampland, esp. in Florida, having interlaced waterways and usu. dense stands of tall marsh grasses. |
| FL |
abbreviation of "Florida," a state in the southeastern tip of the United States. |
| GA |
abbreviation of "Georgia," a southeastern U.S. state on the Atlantic coast between South Carolina and Florida. |
| Georgia |
a southeastern U.S. state on the Atlantic coast between South Carolina and Florida. (abbr.: GA) [1/2 definitions] |
| key2 |
a low island near shore, as off the southern coast of Florida. |
| royal palm |
any of several tall palm trees with a bare trunk and a crowning tuft of feathery leaves, widely cultivated in Florida and the West Indies. |
| Seminole |
a member of a North American Indian tribe that was originally a Creek tribe and is now located in Florida and Oklahoma. [1/2 definitions] |
| Tallahassee |
the capital of Florida. |
| water rat |
any of various semiaquatic rodents of Australia, Florida, and southern Georgia, that resemble the muskrat. [1/2 definitions] |
| yellow jack |
a silver and yellow food fish found in the Caribbean and near Florida. [1/3 definitions] |
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