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–noun, plural -ties.

1.	a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, esp. in financial respects; good fortune.

2.	prosperities, prosperous circumstances.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME prosperite < OF < L prosperitās. See prosperous, -ity

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n. The condition of being prosperous.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
prosperity

c.1225, from O.Fr. prosperite (c.1140), from L. prosperitatem (nom. prosperitas) "good fortune," from prosperus (see prosper).

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prosperity
noun
1.	an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment
2.	the condition of prospering; having good fortune

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
proˈsperity [-ˈspe-] noun

success; wealth
Example: We wish you happiness and prosperity.

Arabic:	نَجاح، إزْدِهار
Chinese (Simplified):	繁荣昌盛
Chinese (Traditional):	繁榮昌盛
Czech:	prospívání
Danish:	velstand; fremgang
Dutch:	voorspoed
Estonian:	õitseng
Finnish:	menestys
French:	prospérité
German:	der Wohlstand
Greek:	ευημερία
Hungarian:	jólét
Icelandic:	velgengni
Indonesian:	kemakmuran
Italian:	prosperità

Japanese:	繁栄
Korean:	성공, 유복한 처지
Latvian:	veiksme; panākumi; bagātība
Lithuanian:	gerovė, suklestėjimas
Norwegian:	framgang; velstand
Polish:	pomyślność
Portuguese (Brazil):	prosperidade
Portuguese (Portugal):	prosperidade
Romanian:	prosperitate
Russian:	процветание
Slovak:	úspech
Slovenian:	blaginja
Spanish:	prosperidad
Swedish:	välstånd, välgång, lycka
Turkish:	zenginlik, refah

See also: prosperous, prosper

U.S. Gazetteer - Cite This Source - Share This

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)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

Now prosperity begins to mellow. --Shak.

Prosperities can only be enjoyed by them who fear not at all to lose them. -- Jer. Taylor.

Syn: Prosperousness; thrift; weal; welfare; well being; happiness.

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