Florentine Explained

Florentine most commonly refers to:

• a person or thing from:
  • Florence, a city in Italy
  • Republic of Florence or the Florentine Republic
• the Florentine dialect of Italian or Tuscan language

Florentines frequently refers to:

• Masters of Florentine painting (14th-16th centuries)
• Florence dwellers

Florentine may also refer to:

Places

• Florentin, Tel Aviv, a neighborhood in the southern part of Tel Aviv, Israel
• Leone, Florentine and Carpathia Apartment Buildings, an historic property in Omaha
• Upper Florentine Valley, a region in Tasmania

People

• Gertie Florentine Marx (1912-2004), German-born American physician
• Isaac Florentine (born 1958), Israeli film director and martial artist
• Jim Florentine (born 1964), American comedian
• Mary Florentine, American psychologist
• Florentine Rost van Tonningen (1914–2007), Dutch National Socialist

Film and television

• Florentine (film), a 1937 Austrian film
• The Florentine (film), a 1999 American film
• Florentine (TV series), an Israeli television drama series

Food

• Florentine (culinary term), a dish prepared with spinach and a creamy sauce
• Florentine biscuit, an Italian pastry of nuts and fruit
• Bistecca alla fiorentina or Florentine steak, a preparation of thick T-bone steak, usually served rare

Other uses

• Florentine Diamond, a lost diamond of Indian origin
• Florentine flogging, a BDSM practice

See also

• Florentin (disambiguation)
• Florentina (disambiguation)