independence : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: independence	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for independence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
independence n freedom from control or influence of another or others Synonym(s): independence, independency the successful ending of the American Revolution; "they maintained close relations with England even after independence" a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Independence \In`de*pend"ence\, n. [Cf. F. ind[82]pendance.] 1. The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference. Let fortune do her worst, . . . as long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence. --Pope. 2. Sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood. {Declaration of Independence} (Amer. Hist.), the declaration of the Congress of the Thirteen United States of America, on the 4th of July, 1776, by which they formally declared that these colonies were free and independent States, not subject to the government of Great Britain.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Independence, CA Zip code(s): 93526 Independence, IA (city, FIPS 38100) Location: 42.46805 N, 91.89099 W Population (1990): 5972 (2480 housing units) Area: 8.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50644 Independence, KS (city, FIPS 33875) Location: 37.23152 N, 95.71385 W Population (1990): 9942 (4735 housing units) Area: 11.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67301 Independence, KY (city, FIPS 39142) Location: 38.95442 N, 84.54735 W Population (1990): 10444 (3686 housing units) Area: 42.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 41051 Independence, LA (town, FIPS 37025) Location: 30.63547 N, 90.50506 W Population (1990): 1632 (700 housing units) Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70443 Independence, MI Zip code(s): 48346, 48348 Independence, MN (city, FIPS 30842) Location: 45.02205 N, 93.70519 W Population (1990): 2822 (971 housing units) Area: 84.4 sq km (land), 5.2 sq km (water) Independence, MO (city, FIPS 35000) Location: 39.08934 N, 94.35341 W Population (1990): 112301 (48262 housing units) Area: 202.5 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64050, 64052, 64053, 64055, 64056, 64057, 64058 Independence, OH (city, FIPS 37240) Location: 41.38032 N, 81.64151 W Population (1990): 6500 (2424 housing units) Area: 24.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44131 Independence, OR (city, FIPS 36150) Location: 44.85534 N, 123.19249 W Population (1990): 4425 (1539 housing units) Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97351 Independence, VA (town, FIPS 39528) Location: 36.62284 N, 81.15101 W Population (1990): 988 (495 housing units) Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24348 Independence, WI (city, FIPS 36800) Location: 44.36216 N, 91.41931 W Population (1990): 1041 (463 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54747 Independence, WV Zip code(s): 26374