fla.

Questions about fla.

What does fla. mean?

fla. means "a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War".

How many syllables are in fla.?

fla. has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for fla.?

Close synonyms include Florida, Sunshine State, Everglade State, FL. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fla. a common word?

fla. is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.