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A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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An English surname, probably derived from a place name.
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A female given name from Hebrew from the biblical place name; also a medieval diminutive of Old English compound names beginning with the element ēad (“riches”).
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Any of various towns and other place names.
A coastal town in New South Wales, Australia.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
A small unincorporated community in Graham County, Arizona.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
A city and town in Jerome County, Idaho.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
An unincorporated community in Peoria County, Illinois.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Illinois.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
An unincorporated community in Hancock County, Indiana.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
A small unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
A census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
An unincorporated community in Dodge County, Minnesota.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
A village in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
A town in Erie County, New York.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
A city in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
A small town and village in Marshall County, South Dakota.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
A small city in Concho County, Texas.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
A census-designated place in Weber County, Utah.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
A town in Lamoille County, Vermont.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
An unincorporated community in Wahkiakum County, Washington.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
An unincorporated community in Ohio County, West Virginia.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
A town and village in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
A small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
A census-designated place in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
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Any of various towns and other place names.
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Eden Township.
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A river in Cumbria, England, which passes Carlisle and empties into the Solway Firth.
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A river in Kent, England, which flows into the Medway; the name is a back-formation of Edenbridge.
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A river in Fife council area, Scotland, which flows into the North Sea.
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A small river in the Scottish Borders council area, which flows into the River Tweed; in full, Eden Water.
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A former local government district in Cumbria, England, formed in 1974 and named after the Cumbrian river, with its headquarters in Penrith; abolished in 2023 and merged into Westmorland and Furness; in full, Eden District.
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A residential settlement in County Antrim, Ireland.
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Three townlands in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
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A townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
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noun
A paradise on Earth.
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Usage: broadly, countable
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noun
A state of innocence.
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Usage: broadly, uncountable
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Alternative letter-case form of Eden (“a paradise”).
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Usage: alt-of, rare
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a beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation; when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were driven from their paradise (the fall of man)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Heaven
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any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la
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Broader terms: region, part
History
From Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen), perhaps from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin, “steppe, garden”).
* The river in Cumbria is from the Roman name, British Latin Ituna. The rivers in Scotland are also related to the root of this name. * The river in Kent is back-formed from Edenbridge, from Old English *Eadhelmesbrycg (“Eadhelm's bridge”) (attested as Eadelmesbregge c. 1100).
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