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Who gave Florida its name?

Answer 1

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Who gave Florida its name?
Our Teams Answer: Ponce de Leon

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Answer 2

It was Juan Ponce de LeónSince the first European contact was made in 1513 by Spanish explorerJuan Ponce de León – who named it La Florida ([la floˈɾiða] "land of flowers") upon landing there in the Easter season, Pascua Florida – Florida was a challenge for the European colonial powers before it gained statehood in the United States in 1845.