# Eden
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈiːdən/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːdən

### Etymology 1

From Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen), perhaps from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin, “steppe, garden”).

#### Proper noun

Eden
* (biblical) A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 2:8:And the LORD God planted a garden Eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
* An English surname, probably derived from a place name.
** 1896, H G Wells, The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham:It was no good. I felt beyond all question that I was indeed Eden, not Elvesham. But Eden in Elvesham's body!
* 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”).
** 1986 Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell): A Dark-Adapted Eye: page 35:
    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.
* Any of various towns and other place names.
** A coastal town in New South Wales, Australia.
** A small unincorporated community in Graham County, Arizona.
** A city and town in Jerome County, Idaho.
** An unincorporated community in Peoria County, Illinois.
** An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Illinois.
** An unincorporated community in Hancock County, Indiana.
** A small unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas.
** An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky.
** A census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland.
** An unincorporated community in Dodge County, Minnesota.
** A village in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
** A town in Erie County, New York.
** A city in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
** A small town and village in Marshall County, South Dakota.
** A small city in Concho County, Texas.
** A census-designated place in Weber County, Utah.
** A town in Lamoille County, Vermont.
** An unincorporated community in Wahkiakum County, Washington.
** An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
** An unincorporated community in Ohio County, West Virginia.
** An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
** A town and village in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
** A small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
** A census-designated place in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
** A number of townships in the United States, listed under Eden Township.

##### Derived terms

* Eden garden
* Edenic
* Eden-like
* Eden-Monaro
* Eden Park
* Eden Prairie
* Edenton

##### Translations
#### Noun

Eden (countable and uncountable, plural Edens)
* (by extension, countable) A paradise on Earth.
    The first explorers saw America as an Eden.
* (by extension, uncountable) A state of innocence.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

* 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 Eadhelmsbrigge (“Eadhelm's bridge”).

#### Proper noun

Eden
* A river in Cumbria, England, which passes Carlisle and empties into the Solway Firth.
* A river in Kent, England, which flows into the Medway; the name is a back-formation of Edenbridge.
* A river in Fife council area, Scotland, which flows into the North Sea.
* Eden Water, a small river in the Scottish Borders council area, which flows into the River Tweed.
* Eden District, 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.
* A residential settlement in County Antrim, Ireland.
* Three townlands in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
* A townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

##### Derived terms

* Castle Eden
* Kirkandrews-on-Eden

### References

* ↑ The Oxford Names Companion, Oxford University Press, Second edition 1998

### Anagrams

* Dene, Dené, Ende, deen, dene, ende, need

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch eden, from Latin Eden, from Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeː.də(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Eden
* Rhymes: -eːdən

### Proper noun

Eden n
* (biblical) Eden (mythological garden in Genesis)

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: Eden

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈe(ː)den/, [ˈe̞(ː)de̞n]
* Rhymes: -eden
* Hyphenation: E‧den

### Proper noun

Eden
* Alternative spelling of Eeden

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Eden (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Edenini
accusative
nom.
Edenini
gen.
Edenini
genitive
Edenini
partitive
Edeniäni
inessive
Edenissäni
elative
Edenistäni
illative
Edeniini
adessive
Edenilläni
ablative
Edeniltäni
allative
Edenilleni
essive
Edeninäni
translative
Edenikseni
abessive
Edenittäni
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Edenisi
accusative
nom.
Edenisi
gen.
Edenisi
genitive
Edenisi
partitive
Edeniäsi
inessive
Edenissäsi
elative
Edenistäsi
illative
Edeniisi
adessive
Edenilläsi
ablative
Edeniltäsi
allative
Edenillesi
essive
Edeninäsi
translative
Edeniksesi
abessive
Edenittäsi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Edenimme
accusative
nom.
Edenimme
gen.
Edenimme
genitive
Edenimme
partitive
Edeniämme
inessive
Edenissämme
elative
Edenistämme
illative
Edeniimme
adessive
Edenillämme
ablative
Edeniltämme
allative
Edenillemme
essive
Edeninämme
translative
Edeniksemme
abessive
Edenittämme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Edeninne
accusative
nom.
Edeninne
gen.
Edeninne
genitive
Edeninne
partitive
Edeniänne
inessive
Edenissänne
elative
Edenistänne
illative
Edeniinne
adessive
Edenillänne
ablative
Edeniltänne
allative
Edenillenne
essive
Edeninänne
translative
Edeniksenne
abessive
Edenittänne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Edeninsä
accusative
nom.
Edeninsä
gen.
Edeninsä
genitive
Edeninsä
partitive
Edeniään Edeniänsä
inessive
Edenissään Edenissänsä
elative
Edenistään Edenistänsä
illative
Edeniinsä
adessive
Edenillään Edenillänsä
ablative
Edeniltään Edeniltänsä
allative
Edenilleen Edenillensä
essive
Edeninään Edeninänsä
translative
Edenikseen Edeniksensä
abessive
Edenittään Edenittänsä
instructive
comitative

### Anagrams

* deen

## German
### Etymology

From Latin Eden, from Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeːdən/, [ˈʔeː.dn̩]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Eden n (proper noun, strong, genitive Edens)
* Eden

#### Usage notes

* Much predominantly used in the phrase Garten Eden (“Garden of Eden”).

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch Eden, from Middle Dutch eden, from Latin Eden, from Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen), from Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒉡 (edinu, “plain, lowland; wilds, steppes; land naturally irrigated, untouched fertile land”), from Sumerian 𒂔 (eden, “plain, open country”). Doublet of adnan.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈedən/ [ˈe.dən]
* Rhymes: -edən
* Homophone: eden

### Proper noun

Eden
* (biblical) Eden: a garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.

### Further reading

* “Eden” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Japanese
### Romanization

Eden
* Rōmaji transcription of エデン

## Latin
### Etymology

From Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen)

### Proper noun

Eden
* the Garden of Eden

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Eden.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛ.dɛn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛdɛn
* Syllabification: E‧den
* Homophone: eden

### Proper noun

Eden m inan
* (biblical) Eden (garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia)

#### Derived terms

* eden

#### Related terms

* edeński

### Further reading

* Eden in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* Eden in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Eden in PWN's encyclopedia

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen).

### Proper noun

Eden n (genitive Edens)
* (biblical) Eden

### Anagrams

* -ende, ende

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Edén, from Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔeˈden/ [ʔɛˈd̪ɛn̪]
* Rhymes: -en
* Syllabification: E‧den

### Proper noun

Edén (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇᜒᜈ᜔)
* (biblical) Eden

#### Related terms

* Edna