Prosperity
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Prosperity \Pros*per"i*ty\, n. [F. prosp['e]rit['e], L.
prosperitas. See {Prosperous}.]
The state of being prosperous; advance or gain in anything
good or desirable; successful progress in any business or
enterprise; attainment of the object desired; good fortune;
success; as, commercial prosperity; national prosperity.
[1913 Webster]
Now prosperity begins to mellow. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Prosperities can only be enjoyed by them who fear not
at all to lose them. -- Jer.
Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Prosperousness; thrift; weal; welfare; well being;
happiness.
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from
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Prosperity, PA
Zip code(s): 15329
Prosperity, SC (town, FIPS 58705)
Location: 34.21033 N, 81.53430 W
Population (1990): 1116 (441 housing units)
Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 29127
Prosperity, WV (CDP, FIPS 65836)
Location: 37.83525 N, 81.20318 W
Population (1990): 1322 (560 housing units)
Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Prosperity, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina
Population (2000): 1047
Housing Units (2000): 456
Land area (2000): 2.111435 sq. miles (5.468591 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.002248 sq. miles (0.005823 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.113683 sq. miles (5.474414 sq. km)
FIPS code: 58705
Located within: South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45
Location: 34.210657 N, 81.534347 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 29127
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Prosperity, SC
Prosperity
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Prosperity, WV -- U.S. Census Designated Place in West Virginia
Population (2000): 1310
Housing Units (2000): 624
Land area (2000): 1.558323 sq. miles (4.036037 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.558323 sq. miles (4.036037 sq. km)
FIPS code: 65836
Located within: West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54
Location: 37.835936 N, 81.205919 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Prosperity, WV
Prosperity
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
102 Moby Thesaurus words for "prosperity":
Saturnia regna, Saturnian age, abundance, accomplishment,
advantage, affluence, age of Aquarius, arrival, assets,
bed of roses, benefit, boom, bottoming out, bottomless purse,
bounty, bulging purse, business cycle, business fluctuations, bust,
cooling off, crisis, depression, do, downturn, ease,
easy circumstances, easy street, economic cycle,
economic expansion, economic growth, embarras de richesses,
era of prosperity, expanding economy, expansion, fair weather,
fortunate outcome, fortune, go, gold, golden age, golden era,
golden time, good, good fortune, good times, growth, halcyon days,
handsome fortune, heaven, heyday, high growth rate, high income,
high tax bracket, independence, inflation, interest, life of ease,
low, lucre, luxuriousness, luxury, mammon, market expansion,
material wealth, millennium, money, money to burn, moneybags,
opulence, opulency, palmy days, peak, peaking, pelf, piping times,
plenty, possessions, property, prosperous issue, prosperousness,
recession, recovery, reign of Saturn, riches, richness, rosy era,
six-figure income, slowdown, slump, substance, success, sunshine,
the good life, thriving, treasure, upper bracket, upturn, utopia,
victory, wealth, wealthiness, well-being
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