Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Florence \Flor"ence\, n. [From the city of Florence: cf. F.
   florence a kind of cloth, OF. florin.]
   1. An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six
      shillings sterling value. --Camden.

   2. A kind of cloth. --Johnson.

   {Florence flask}. See under {Flask}.

   {Florence oil}, olive oil prepared in Florence.

Source : WordNet®

Florence
     n 1: a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of
          Tuscany; center of the Italian renaissance from 14th to
          16th centuries [syn: {Firenze}]
     2: a town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center