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pros·per·i·ty    Audio Help   [pro-sper-i-tee] Pronunciation Key
–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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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
pros·per·i·ty    Audio Help   (prŏ-spěr'ĭ-tē)  Pronunciation Key 
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).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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 

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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

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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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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