English
harmony
see also: Harmony
Etymology

First attested in 1602. From Middle English armonye, from Old French harmonie/armonie, from Latin harmonia, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονία, either from or cognate with ἁρμόζω ("I fit together"), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-.

Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ˈhɑɹ.mə.ni/
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈhɑː.mə.ni/
Noun

harmony

  1. Agreement or accord.
    • December 4 2010, Evan Thomas, "Why It’s Time to Worry ↗", in Newsweekk
      America's social harmony has depended at least to some degree on economic growth. It is easier to get along when everyone, more or less, is getting ahead.
  2. A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds.
  3. (music) The academic study of chords.
  4. (music) Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord.
  5. (music) The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously.
  6. A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency.
    a harmony of the Gospels
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Harmony
Etymology 1

From harmony.

Proper noun
  1. A female given name.
    • 2009, Ana Vlastaras, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20160409204201/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-21584093.html 'Raw' talent of Harmony James]", Daily Examiner (Grafton, New South Wales), 19 November 2009:
      Growing up in a family that included 12 brothers and sisters, Harmony James needed to find something that set her apart from the crowd. And boy did she succeed in that one.
  2. A male given name.
  3. A number of places in Canada:
    1. A community in Rocky View County, Alberta.
    2. A community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.
    3. A hamlet in Perth South, Perth County.
    4. A community in North Dundas, United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.
  4. A number of places in USA:
    1. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Arkansas.
    2. An unincorporated community in San Luis Obispo County, California.
    3. An unincorporated community in Osceola County, Florida.
    4. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Illinois.
    5. CDP in McHenry County, Illinois.
    6. A town in Van Buren, Clay County.
    7. A town in Somerset County, Maine.
    8. An unincorporated community in Caroline County, Maryland.
    9. A city in Fillmore County, Minnesota.
    10. An unincorporated community in Middletown, Monmouth County.
    11. An unincorporated community in Jackson, Ocean County.
    12. An unincorporated community in Quinton, Salem County.
    13. A twp/and/CDP therein, in Warren County.
    14. A town in Chautauqua County, New York.
    15. A town in Iredell County, North Carolina.
    16. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Ohio.
    17. An unincorporated community in Atoka County, Oklahoma.
    18. A borough and historic district in Butler County.
    19. A village/and/CDP in Providence County, Rhode Island.
    20. An unincorporated community in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
    21. An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia.
    22. An unincorporated community in Grover, Marinette County.
    23. A town in Price County, Wisconsin.
    24. A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.
    25. A town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
    26. An unincorprated community in Albany County, Wyoming.
    27. A number of townships in the USA, listed under Harmony Township.
Proper noun
  1. (fandom slang) The ship of characters Harry Potter (character) and Hermione Granger of the Harry Potter.
Synonyms

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