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Independence

//ˌɪn.dɪˈpɛn.dəns// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California.
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place, the county seat of Inyo County, California.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Pitkin County, Colorado.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Warren Township, Warren County, Indiana.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Buchanan County, Iowa.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Kansas.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Kentucky, and one of the two county seats of Kenton County.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in St. Louis County, Minnesota.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Tate County, Mississippi.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Missouri, United States and one of the two county seats of Jackson County.

    "I was in Kansas City on November 6; it was the day before election, and as usual I planned to cast my ballot in Independence."

  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Allegany County, New York.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A river in New York; rising in Big Moose and flowing into the Black River at Pine Grove.
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Defiance County, Ohio.
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Custer County, Oklahoma.
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Polk County, Oregon; named for the city in Missouri.
  14. 19
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Tennessee.
  15. 20
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Washington County, Texas.
  16. 21
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Uintah County, Utah.
  17. 22
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Wasatch County, Utah.
  18. 23
    A number of places in the United States:; A town, the county seat of Grayson County, Virginia.
  19. 24
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia.
  20. 25
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia.
  21. 26
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
  22. 27
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia.
  23. 28
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Thurston County, Washington.
  24. 29
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.
  25. 30
    A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Independence Township.
Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of being independent; lack of dependence; the state of not being reliant on, or controlled by, others. countable, uncountable

    "In 1947, India gained independence from the British Empire."

  2. 2
    the successful ending of the American Revolution wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    freedom from control or influence of another or others wordnet

Etymology

From French indépendance. Analyzable as in- + de- + pend + -ence or in- + dependence.

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