Amity
Encyclopedia
Place names
United States- Amity, ArkansasAmity, ArkansasAmity is a city in Clark County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 762 at the 2000 census. The city began on the Caddo River in the mid-19th century when William F. Browning and others, including Dr. A.B...
- Amity, ConnecticutAmity, ConnecticutThe valley of Amity is an area located partly in the town of Woodbridge, Connecticut and partly in the city of New Haven. It is bounded on the northeast by the West Rock ridge, on the south by the Westville neighborhood of New Haven, and on the northwest by an incline in elevation above which lies...
- Amity, MaineAmity, MaineAmity is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 199 as of the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.-Demographics:...
- Amity, MissouriAmity, MissouriAmity is a village in DeKalb County, Missouri, United States. The population was 70 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a town. It is part of the St. Joseph, MO–KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
- Amity, New YorkAmity, New YorkAmity is a town in Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 2,245 at the 2000 census. The name of the town means "friendship."The Town of Amity is near the middle of Allegany County and is northeast of Olean, New York...
- Amity, OhioAmity, OhioAmity is an unincorporated community in north-eastern Canaan Township, Madison County, Ohio, United States. It is located at , at the intersection of Plain City-Georgesville Road and Amity Pike Road, between Plain City and West Jefferson.- History :...
- Amity, OregonAmity, OregonAmity is a city in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 1,614.-History:The town was established between 1848 and 1849 by Joseph and Ahio S. Watt, two brothers who had immigrated to Oregon over the Oregon Trail. Part of Joseph’s land claim became the...
- Eola-Amity Hills AVAEola-Amity Hills AVAThe Eola-Amity Hills AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Polk County and Yamhill County, Oregon. It is entirely contained within the Willamette Valley AVA, and stretches from the city of Amity in the north to Salem in the south. The Eola and Amity hills cover an area west of the...
, Oregon wine region
- Eola-Amity Hills AVA
- Amity Township, Berks County, PennsylvaniaAmity Township, Berks County, PennsylvaniaAmity Township is a township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,867 at the 2000 census. The 2005 census estimate put the population at 11,067...
- Amity Township, Erie County, PennsylvaniaAmity Township, Erie County, PennsylvaniaAmity Township is a township in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,140 at the 2000 census. There are no longer any boroughs or villages in the township, after the disappearance of Arbuckle and Hatch Hollow. The latter is the birthplace of famed muckracker Ida M...
- Amity, Washington County, PennsylvaniaAmity, Washington County, PennsylvaniaAmity, Pennsylvania is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is home to the Bailey Covered Bridge, Hughes Covered Bridge, and Day Covered Bridge....
- Amity Gardens, PennsylvaniaAmity Gardens, PennsylvaniaAmity Gardens is a census-designated place in Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 3,370.The town lends its name to a Fountains of Wayne song.-Geography:...
Australia
- Amity Point, QueenslandAmity Point, QueenslandAmity Point is a small close knit township located on the north western point of North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia in Redland City. At the 2006 census, Amity Point had a population of 408....
Fictional
- Amity Island/Township, the setting of Jaws (film)Jaws (film)Jaws is a 1975 American horror-thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name. In the story, the police chief of Amity Island, a fictional summer resort town, tries to protect beachgoers from a giant man-eating great white shark by closing the beach,...
- Amity Island is also the fictional setting for the follow-up movies of Jaws, Jaws II, Jaws III.
- Amity Park, fictional hometown of Nickelodeon's Danny Phantom
Education
- The Amity Teachers ProgramAmity Teachers ProgramThe Amity Teachers Program is a program by the Amity Foundation to send volunteers to China to teach in rural Chinese universities and colleges. The Amity Foundation is a Chinese non-governmental organisation which was founded in 1984 by Chinese Christians....
- Amity High School (disambiguation), several schools
- AmityAEON-AmityAEON-Amity, more commonly known as simply Amity is a chain of private English schools in Japan, owned by, but operated independently of the larger AEON corporation...
, the name of AEONAEON (eikaiwa)is a chain of English conversation teaching companies in Japan. It is considered one of the historical "Big Four" eikaiwa schools. Although it shares a nearly identical name in English, Aeon is not affiliated with the Aeon Group, a major Japanese retail and financial services corporation.The...
's children eikaiwa (English conversation schools) in Japan - Amity UniversityAmity UniversityAmity University is a private university in Noida, India established under an Uttar Pradesh state government act....
and Amity University RajasthanAmity University RajasthanAmity University, Rajasthan is a private university in Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan. It was established by the Ritnand Balved Education Foundation and is part of the Amity group...
in India - Amity Business SchoolAmity Business SchoolAmity Business School is a private business school in India offering management programs at graduate, post graduate and doctoral levels. It is part of Amity University. Its courses are not approved by All India Council for Technical Education. In 2011, the school was ranked 44 by Outlook magazine...
, a business school run by the above university
Other uses
- The Amity AfflictionThe Amity AfflictionThe Amity Affliction is an Australian post-hardcore band from Gympie, Queensland formed in 2002.The band's current line-up is Joel Birch , Ahren Stringer , Ryan Burt and Troy Brady...
, an Australian post-hardcore band - The Brig AmityBrig AmityThe Amity was a 148 ton brig used in several notable voyages of exploration and settlement in Australia in the early nineteenth century.She was built in New Brunswick, Canada, in 1816 and for several years was used as a merchant trading vessel between America and Britain.In 1823 she was purchased...
, a 148 ton brig used in Australia in the early nineteenth century - Amity Printing Company, the government-approved Christian publisher in China
- "In amity" (see Freemasonry), the condition in which Masonic Grand Lodges recognise each other and allow intervisitation, a British coaster