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