Amity

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amity \Am"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Amities}. [F. amiti['e], OF.
     amisti['e], amist['e], fr. an assumed LL. amisitas, fr. L.
     amicus friendly, from amare to love. See {Amiable}.]
     Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals,
     societies, or nations; friendly relations; good
     understanding; as, a treaty of amity and commerce; the amity


     of the Whigs and Tories.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           To live on terms of amity with vice.     --Cowper.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Harmony; friendliness; friendship; affection; good will;
          peace.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  amity
       n 1: a cordial disposition [syn: {cordiality}]
       2: a state of friendship and cordiality

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  64 Moby Thesaurus words for "amity":
     accord, accordance, affinity, agape, agreement, amiability,
     amiableness, amicability, amicableness, benevolence,
     bonds of harmony, brotherly love, caritas, cement of friendship,
     charity, comity, communion, community, community of interests,
     compatibility, concord, concordance, congeniality, correspondence,
     empathy, esprit, esprit de corps, feeling of identity,
     fellow feeling, fellowship, frictionlessness, friendliness,
     friendship, good vibes, good vibrations, happy family, harmony,
     identity, kindliness, kindness, kinship, like-mindedness, love,
     mutuality, neighborlikeness, neighborliness, oneness, peace,
     peaceableness, rapport, rapprochement, reciprocity, sharing,
     sociability, solidarity, sympathy, symphony, team spirit,
     understanding, unhostility, union, unison, unity,
     well-affectedness
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Amity, AR (city, FIPS 1360)
    Location: 34.26615 N, 93.46391 W
    Population (1990): 526 (256 housing units)
    Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 71921
  Amity, MO (town, FIPS 1054)
    Location: 39.86858 N, 94.43450 W
    Population (1990): 99 (42 housing units)
    Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 64422
  Amity, OR (city, FIPS 2000)
    Location: 45.11570 N, 123.20313 W
    Population (1990): 1175 (412 housing units)
    Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 97101
  Amity, PA
    Zip code(s): 15311

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Amity, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas
     Population (2000):    762
     Housing Units (2000): 361
     Land area (2000):     3.286289 sq. miles (8.511449 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    3.286289 sq. miles (8.511449 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            01360
     Located within:       Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
     Location:             34.266246 N, 93.464093 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     71921
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Amity, AR
      Amity
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Amity, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
     Population (2000):    1478
     Housing Units (2000): 495
     Land area (2000):     0.600572 sq. miles (1.555475 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.007890 sq. miles (0.020436 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.608462 sq. miles (1.575911 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            02000
     Located within:       Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
     Location:             45.116253 N, 123.205619 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     97101
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Amity, OR
      Amity
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Amity, MO -- U.S. town in Missouri
     Population (2000):    70
     Housing Units (2000): 36
     Land area (2000):     0.215462 sq. miles (0.558044 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.215462 sq. miles (0.558044 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            01054
     Located within:       Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
     Location:             39.868574 N, 94.434733 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     64422
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Amity, MO
      Amity