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Florina is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of West Macedonia. Its capital is the town of Florina.
Florina (, known also by several alternative names) is a town and municipality in mountainous northwestern Macedonia, Greece. Its motto is, 'Where Greece begins'. It is also the Metropolitan seat for the region. It lies in the central part of Florina regional unit, of which it is the capital. Florina belongs to the region of West Macedonia. The town's population is 16,771 people (2001 census). It is in a wooded valley about south of the international border of Greece with the Republic of Macedonia.
Florina is a city in Greece.
Florina may also refer to:
- Florina (regional unit), an administrative unit in Greece
- Florina (name), a female Romanian given name
- Florina (planet), a planet in Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe
- Florina (apple), an apple cultivar
- Florina, a [[List of Fire Emblem (video game) characters#Florina|character from the video game Fire Emblem : Rekka no Ken]] on Game Boy Advance
Florina is a given name.
Some persons with the name:
- Florina Herea (born 1979), a Romanian freestyle swimmer
- Florina Kaja (born 1982), a reality television participant
- Florina Pașcalău (born 1982), a Romania n basketball center
- Florina Pana (born 1973), a Romanian long-distance runner
- Florina Bârsan-Chintoan (born 1985), a Romanian handball player
Florina which is also called Querina, is a French cultivar of domesticated apple, that has combined traits of the Jonathan, Golden Delicious and Rome Beauty apples, and was developed in Angers, France by the "Station de Recherches d'Arboriculture Fruitiere". Although developed in France its ancestry is entirely American.
Florina bears medium to large fruit, skin very attractive, purple red covering almost completely the yellow background. Flesh is medium firm and aromatic, a blend of sweet and tart, uses mainly for fresh eating. Fruits keeps well for approximately three months. As most apples it is self-incompatible and needs out-cross pollination, Florina is a good pollinator for other.