Premise: Florida [ ˈflɒrᵻdə ] ( Spanish for `` land of flowers '' ) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States . It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico , to the north by Alabama and Georgia , to the east by the Atlantic Ocean , and to the south by the Straits of Florida and Cuba . A peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico , the Atlantic Ocean , and the Straits of Florida , it has the longest coastline in the contiguous United States , approximately 1350 mi , and is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean . Much of the state of Florida is situated on a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico , the Atlantic Ocean , and the Straits of Florida .
Hypothesis: Florida is in the southeast between the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Straits of Florida.
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