According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
independence
(noun) the successful ending of the American Revolution; “they maintained close relations with England even after independence”
Independence
(noun) a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail
independence, independency
(noun) freedom from control or influence of another or others
Source: WordNet® 3.1
independence (countable and uncountable, plural independences)
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.
The state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.
Independence
A city in Missouri, USA and one of the two county seats of Jackson County.
A city in Kentucky.
A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Kansas.
A city in Oregon; named for the city in Missouri.
A city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
A city, the county seat of Buchanan County, Iowa.
A city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
A city in Wisconsin.
A town in Louisiana.
A town in New York.
A town, the county seat of Grayson County, Virginia.
A census-designated place, the county seat of Inyo County, California.
A town in Wasatch County, Utah.
A river in New York; rising in Big Moose and flowing into the Black River at Pine Grove.
An unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California.
An unincorporated community in Indiana.
An unincorporated community in St. Louis County, Minnesota.
An unincorporated community in Mississippi.
An unincorporated community in Defiance County, Ohio.
An unincorporated community in Tennessee.
An unincorporated community in Texas.
An unincorporated community in Uintah County, Utah.
An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia.
An unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia.
An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
An unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia.
An unincorporated community in Washington.
A ghost town in Colorado, United States.
A ghost town in Oklahoma.
Source: Wiktionary
In`de*pend"ence, n. Etym: [Cf. F. indépendance.]
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.