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Elysium

//ɪˈlɪz.i.əm// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The home of the blessed after death. Greek, Roman
  2. 2
    A place or state of ideal happiness; paradise.

    "Joseph seemed sitting in a sort of elysium alone, beside a roaring fire; a quart of ale on the table near him, bristling with large pieces of toasted oat-cake; and his black, short pipe in his mouth."

  3. 3
    A region in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
Noun
  1. 1
    (Greek mythology) the abode of the blessed after death wordnet
  2. 2
    a place or condition of ideal happiness wordnet

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἠλῠ́σῐον (Πεδῐ́ον) (Ēlŭ́sĭon (Pedĭ́on)).

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