Editing Florø (section)

==Name==
The town (and municipality) was named after the old ''Flora'' farm ({{langx|non|Flóra}}), near where the town of Florø was built in 1860. The meaning of the name is somewhat uncertain with a couple of different likely possibilities. The old name, is the [[accusative case]]/[[genitive case]] of the word {{wikt-lang|non|flórr}} which means "[[floor]]", from which the names ''Flora'' and ''Florelandet'' are derived. This Old Norse word is probably derived from a Germanic root word, {{wikt-lang|gem-pro|flōraz}}, meaning "flat ground". Another possibility for the meaning of the name is that it is derived from the word {{wikt-lang|non|flóð}} which means "[[flood]]" or "deluge".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lN1LAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt |date=1919 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=12 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=357 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> A common misunderstanding is that the name ''Florø'' includes the Danish word {{wikt-lang|da|ø}} which means "island" as a suffix that was attached to the farm name ''Flora''. Although not true, it nearly led to the town being renamed ''Florøy'' in the 1930s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kvifor heiter byen Florø? |url=http://www.flora150.no/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9:kvifor-heitte-byen-floro&catid=1:historia&Itemid=8 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413064819/http://www.flora150.no/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9:kvifor-heitte-byen-floro&catid=1:historia&Itemid=8 |archive-date=2010-04-13 |access-date=2012-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nordre Bergenhus Amt 1901 |url=http://www.floraskulen.no/fagsider/samf_fag/nordre_bergenhus.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220937/http://www.floraskulen.no/fagsider/samf_fag/nordre_bergenhus.htm |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2012-04-18}}</ref>