Alliance was founded in 1854 by the merger of three smaller communities called Williamsport (formed in 1827), Freedom (formed in 1838), and Liberty (formed in 1850). A fourth community, Mount Union, was added in 1888. Alliance was incorporated as a city in 1889.
For other uses, see Eudaemon (disambiguation). Eudaimonia (Greek: Îµá½Î´Î±Î¹Î¼Î¿Î½Î¯Î± [euÌ¯daiÌ¯mo'nÃ­aË]), sometimes anglicized as eudaemonia or eudemonia /juËdáµ»ËmoÊniÉ/, is a Greek word commonly translated as happiness or welfare; however, human flourishing has been proposed as a more accurate translation. Etymologically, it consists of the words eu (good) and daimÅn (spirit).
Euphemism derives from the Greek word euphÄmos, which means auspicious or sounding good.. The first part of euphÄmos is the Greek prefix eu-, meaning well.. The second part is phÄmÄ, a Greek word for speech that is itself a derivative of the verb phanai, meaning to speak..