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Meaning 1
Heaven.
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Heaven.
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The Garden of Eden.
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A town in Grenada.
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A village in Suriname.
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A settlement on the island of Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
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A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona.
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A number of places in the United States:
A town in Butte County, California.
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A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Mono County, California.
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A number of places in the United States:
A city in Kansas.
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A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Montana.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated town and census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.
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A number of places in the United States:
A township and census-designated place therein, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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A number of places in the United States:
A city in Texas.
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A number of places in the United States:
A town in Utah.
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A number of places in the United States:
A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Paradise Township.
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A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
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A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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A number of places in Australia:
A locality in the Inverell council area, north eastern New South Wales.
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A number of places in Australia:
A locality in Kentish council area, northern Tasmania.
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A number of places in Australia:
A locality in the Shire of Northern Grampians, central western Victoria.
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A rural locality north of Glenorchy, Otago, New Zealand.
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A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Askam and Ireleth parish, Barrow-in-Furness district, Cumbria (OS grid ref SD2278).
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A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Painswick parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8611).
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A number of places in England:
A suburb of Hemel Hempstead, Dacorum district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL0506).
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A number of places in England:
A small riverside suburb in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ2163).
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A number of places in England:
A neighbourhood in central Birmingham, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP0686).
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A number of places in England:
A northern suburb of Coventry, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP3481).
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A number of places in the Philippines:
A barangay of Gonzaga, Cagayan, Philippines.
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A number of places in the Philippines:
A barangay of Ramon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
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A number of places in the Philippines:
A barangay of Diplahan, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines.
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A number of places in the Philippines:
A barangay of Cabanglasan, Bukidnon, Philippines.
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A number of places in the Philippines:
A barangay of Banisilan, Cotabato, Philippines.
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noun
The place where sanctified souls are believed to live after death.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: lifestyle, religion
Synonyms: Heaven
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noun
A garden where Adam and Eve first lived after being created.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Abrahamic-religions, lifestyle, religion
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Synonyms: Garden of Eden
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noun
A very pleasant place, such as a place full of lush vegetation.
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Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Synonyms: heaven
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noun
An ideal place for a specified type of person, activity, etc.
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Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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noun
A very pleasant experience.
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Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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noun
An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, such as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.
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Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Topics: architecture
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noun
A churchyard or cemetery.
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Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
The upper gallery in a theatre.
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Usage: countable, slang, uncountable
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A cake, often as a paradise slice.
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verb
To place (as) in paradise.
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Synonyms: imparadise
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verb
To transform into a paradise.
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Usage: obsolete
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verb
To affect or exalt with visions of happiness.
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Usage: obsolete, rare
Synonyms: entrance, bewitch
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noun
(Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death
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Broader terms: Heaven
noun
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
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Synonyms: Eden, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la
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Broader terms: region, part
History
From paradise. The town in Newfoundland is named after Houmet Paradis near Guernsey.
From Middle English paradis, paradise, paradys, from Late Old English paradīs, borrowed from Old French paradis, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah. Doublet of parvis. Displaced Old English neorxnawang.
Across languages
274 source translations are retained for this English entry.