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1: Originally a chickee was a
house in the everglades with a roof, no walls and built on
stilts. Now it refers to an open-air bar and eating area with a roof, no walls
and built for patrons.
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Florida
Pronunciations Local - flôr'i-du.
Other Pronunciations -
floor-da, flah-ri-da,
flaw-ri-da and flow-ri-da. |
The
Season
1: The very peak season in Naples is
January through April. Full-time winter residents must spend six
months to fulfill Florida's residency requirements. We see one month and three month visitors turn into six month
residents, then into nine month residents and then year round
residents.
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Naplesgolfandtennis
1: A run on words often use by those in the
hospitality business to describe Naples.
2: A convergence of two popular
activities. |
Sheet Flow
1: Water from Lake
Okeechobee and the rains over southern Florida flow to the gulf
through the
everglades at a very slow rate. Most of the natural flow has been
redirected through channels and waterways over the years. There is a
long-term effort now underway to restore much of the original
sheet flow.
Dressed Up
1: Putting on a nicer pair of shorts.
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Big
Cypress Swamp
1. The original swamp land environment
surrounding the Naples area was heavily logged for
it's cypress trees.
The
swamps are forested wetlands, dominated by cypress trees and
are
located along streams, river banks or in ponds with
very slow moving water.
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Cypress Trees
1. A tall tree with a buttress base
giving the Naples area it's "forestry" look. They do well in
swamps flooded for long periods of times. The bald
cypress sheds its needles in the winter, can live 100
years and are the largest trees east of the Rockies.
2. Golf ball magnets. |
Sawgrass
1: A type of tall
grass with sharp teeth on each blade. It can be found
throughout southwest Florida.
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Real
Estate Agent
1. An individual that has satisfied the
state's education requirements, passed the uniformed exam and has
fulfilled other licensing requirements.
Realtor
1. The term REALTOR® is a
registered mark that identifies a real estate professional who
is a member of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of REALTORS® and
subscribes to its strict Code of Ethics. |
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Onshore Breeze
1: Wind blowing from the gulf towards
land.
2: The opposite of offshore breeze. |
Mangrove
1. Mangrove trees are short and bushy
with a gnarly root system. They thrive on the waters edge and
can extract fresh water from saltwater. The mangrove
root system is exposed giving it the appearance it's walking.
Prevalent in costal
channels and estuary systems.
2. Natural fish habitats. |
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1: Passes are Gulf coast
inlets to back bays and rivers, including Gordon Pass to Naples
Bay, Doctors Pass to Venetian Bay, Clam Pass to Outer Clam
Bay and Wiggins Pass to the Cocohatchee.
2: An event preceding a slap at a chickee bar. |
Press
1: A word used by
some on
golf courses to gleefully double the existing bet. |
Snook
1: A prized game fish, difficult to catch, fights hard and makes a great meal.
Located in passes and bays in the summer, and mangroves
in the winter.
2: Species name: Centropomus
or tastesgoodes onaplateus |
Coquina (Ko Keena)
1: Used to make
cart paths on many of the local golf courses. Coquina is a
soft, porous lime stone, a mixture of mollusk shell fragments
and quartz sand, bound together by calcium carbonate. If your
ball lies on coquina, you need to hit off it.
Red Tide
1:
A Red Tide is a naturally occurring phenomenon
along the gulf coast in Florida and results from the bloom of
microscopic plant like cells called phytoplankton. These phytoplankton
produce neurotoxins that can kill fish and cause respiratory and eye irritation
along the shore. Periodic blooms can occasionally move close to beaches,
but these are localized incidents and don't last long. The newspaper and
TV weather forecasters include reports on red tide occurrences. For up
to date information, call the Collier County Red Tide hotline
at: 239.732.2591
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Hammock
1:Areas of dense stands of hardwood trees
that grow on rises in land of only a few inches.
Because of the lands' slight elevation, hammocks rarely flood.
2: Nap time. |
Cracker
1:
Crackers were whites of
Celtic descent (Scots, Irish and
Welsh) who first
settled South Florida around the mid-eighteenth century from
Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolinas.
2: Flat, crispy bread. |
Banyan
1. A banyan
tree has aerial roots that descend from limbs to the ground. It
looks as if several trees are fused together when in fact it
is just one tree. |
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