Eden

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːdən/

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• Rhymes: -iːdən

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

Eden

1. (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.

2. 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!

3. 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.

4. Any of various towns and other place names.
   1. A coastal town in New South Wales, Australia.
   2. A small unincorporated community in Graham County, Arizona.
   3. A city and town in Jerome County, Idaho.
   4. An unincorporated community in Peoria County, Illinois.
   5. An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Illinois.
   6. An unincorporated community in Hancock County, Indiana.
   7. A small unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas.
   8. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky.
   9. A census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland.
   10. An unincorporated community in Dodge County, Minnesota.
   11. A village in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
   12. A town in Erie County, New York.
   13. A city in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
   14. A small town and village in Marshall County, South Dakota.
   15. A small city in Concho County, Texas.
   16. A census-designated place in Weber County, Utah.
   17. A town in Lamoille County, Vermont.
   18. An unincorporated community in Wahkiakum County, Washington.
   19. An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
   20. An unincorporated community in Ohio County, West Virginia.
   21. An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
   22. A town and village in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
   23. A small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
   24. A census-designated place in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
   25. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Eden Township.

Eden (countable and uncountable, plural Edens)

1. (by extension, countable) A paradise on Earth.

   The first explorers saw America as an Eden.

2. (by extension, uncountable) A state of innocence.

• 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.^[1]
• The river in Kent is back-formed from Edenbridge, from Old English *Eadhelmesbrycg (“Eadhelm's bridge”) (attested as Eadelmesbregge c. 1100).

Eden

1. A river in Cumbria, England, which passes Carlisle and empties into the Solway Firth.
2. A river in Kent, England, which flows into the Medway; the name is a back-formation of Edenbridge.
3. A river in Fife council area, Scotland, which flows into the North Sea.
4. A small river in the Scottish Borders council area, which flows into the River Tweed; in full, Eden Water.
5. 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.
6. A residential settlement in County Antrim, Ireland.
7. Three townlands in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
8. A townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

• Castle Eden
• Kirkandrews-on-Eden

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.də(n)/

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• Hyphenation: Eden
• Rhymes: -eːdən

Eden n

1. (biblical) Eden (mythological garden in Genesis)

• → Indonesian: Eden

• IPA^(key): /ˈe(ː)den/, [ˈe̞(ː)de̞n]
• Rhymes: -eden
• Syllabification^(key): E‧den
• Hyphenation^(key): E‧den

Eden

1. alternative spelling of Eeden

• deen

From Latin Eden, from Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen).

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːdən/, [ˈʔeː.dn̩]

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Eden n (proper noun, strong, genitive Edens)

1. Eden

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

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.

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

Eden

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

• “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.

Eden

1. Rōmaji transcription of エデン

From Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen)

Eden

1. the Garden of Eden

Learned borrowing from Latin Eden.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.dɛn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛdɛn
• Syllabification: E‧den
• Homophone: eden

Eden m inan

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

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

From Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen).

Eden n (genitive Edens)

1. (biblical) Eden

• -ende, ende

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

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

Edén (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇᜒᜈ᜔)

1. (biblical) Eden