Floris
Proper noun
Meaning
A city in Iowa
A male given name from Dutch
A census-designated place in Virginia
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExamples
After giving birth to Lavinia, nicknamed “Liv,” in 2016, the runners at Cal Baptist encouraged Floris to attempt some shorter races.
At 18 years of age she married Heinrich Floris Schopenhauer, a rich merchant twenty years her senior.
“During both of my pregnancies, we kept things low key — just easy running, really low mileage — compared to what some other women do,” Floris said.
The counts of Holland conquered most of Zeeland but it was not until 1289 that Count Floris V was able to subjugate the Frisians in West Friesland (that is, the northern half of North Holland).
The case was argued more recently by Dr Gordon Strachan (1934–2010) Gordon Strachan, Jesus The Master Builder: Druid Mysteries and The Dawn of Christianity (Edinburgh: Floris Books, 1998).
“It’s hard when you’re three and your dad’s home and you’re not allowed to touch him for 10 days,” Floris said.