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Eden
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- 1 A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.
"And the LORD God planted a garden Eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed."
- 2 A river in Cumbria, England, which passes Carlisle and empties into the Solway Firth.
- 3 An English surname, probably derived from a place name.
"It was no good. I felt beyond all question that I was indeed Eden, not Elvesham. But Eden in Elvesham's body!"
- 4 A river in Kent, England, which flows into the Medway; the name is a back-formation of Edenbridge.
- 5 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”).
"We call Edith Eden now because that is what she called herself before she could pronounce 'th'. It is rather a lovely name, I think. Edith sounds like someone's old aunt. I can't think why Mother and Father chose it."
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- 6 A river in Fife council area, Scotland, which flows into the North Sea.
- 7 Any of various towns and other place names.; A coastal town in New South Wales, Australia.
- 8 A small river in the Scottish Borders council area, which flows into the River Tweed; in full, Eden Water.
- 9 Any of various towns and other place names.; A small unincorporated community in Graham County, Arizona.
- 10 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.
- 11 Any of various towns and other place names.; A city and town in Jerome County, Idaho.
- 12 A residential settlement in County Antrim, Ireland.
- 13 Any of various towns and other place names.; An unincorporated community in Peoria County, Illinois.
- 14 Three townlands in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
- 15 Any of various towns and other place names.; An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Illinois.
- 16 A townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
- 17 Any of various towns and other place names.; An unincorporated community in Hancock County, Indiana.
- 18 Any of various towns and other place names.; A small unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas.
- 19 Any of various towns and other place names.; An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky.
- 20 Any of various towns and other place names.; A census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland.
- 21 Any of various towns and other place names.; An unincorporated community in Dodge County, Minnesota.
- 22 Any of various towns and other place names.; A village in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
- 23 Any of various towns and other place names.; A town in Erie County, New York.
- 24 Any of various towns and other place names.; A city in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
- 25 Any of various towns and other place names.; A small town and village in Marshall County, South Dakota.
- 26 Any of various towns and other place names.; A small city in Concho County, Texas.
- 27 Any of various towns and other place names.; A census-designated place in Weber County, Utah.
- 28 Any of various towns and other place names.; A town in Lamoille County, Vermont.
- 29 Any of various towns and other place names.; An unincorporated community in Wahkiakum County, Washington.
- 30 Any of various towns and other place names.; An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
- 31 Any of various towns and other place names.; An unincorporated community in Ohio County, West Virginia.
- 32 Any of various towns and other place names.; An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
- 33 Any of various towns and other place names.; A town and village in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
- 34 Any of various towns and other place names.; A small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
- 35 Any of various towns and other place names.; A census-designated place in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
- 36 Any of various towns and other place names.; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Eden Township.
- 1 A paradise on Earth. broadly, countable
"The first explorers saw America as an Eden."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Eden (“a paradise”). alt-of, rare
"The essential formula of both the John Carter and the Tarzan stories was that of an upperclass hero confronting a challenging, radically exotic environment, a lush jungle eden or an eden of extraplanetary technology, […]"
- 3 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) wordnet
- 4 A state of innocence. broadly, uncountable
- 5 any place of complete bliss and delight and peace wordnet
Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen), perhaps from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin, “steppe, garden”).
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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