Eden

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Eden (“a paradise”).
   alt-of, rare
2. A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.
3. A paradise on Earth.
   broadly, countable
4. A river in Cumbria, England, which passes Carlisle and empties into the Solway Firth.
5. An English surname, probably derived from a place name.
6. A state of innocence.
   broadly, uncountable
7. A river in Kent, England, which flows into the Medway; the name is a back-formation of Edenbridge.
8. 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”).
9. A river in Fife council area, Scotland, which flows into the North Sea.
10. Any of various towns and other place names.
11. A coastal town in New South Wales, Australia.
12. A small river in the Scottish Borders council area, which flows into the River Tweed; in full, Eden Water.
13. A small unincorporated community in Graham County, Arizona.
14. 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.
15. A city and town in Jerome County, Idaho.
16. A residential settlement in County Antrim, Ireland.
17. An unincorporated community in Peoria County, Illinois.
18. Three townlands in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
19. An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Illinois.
20. A townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
21. An unincorporated community in Hancock County, Indiana.
22. A small unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas.
23. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky.
24. A census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland.
25. An unincorporated community in Dodge County, Minnesota.
26. A village in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
27. A town in Erie County, New York.
28. A city in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
29. A small town and village in Marshall County, South Dakota.
30. A small city in Concho County, Texas.
31. A census-designated place in Weber County, Utah.
32. A town in Lamoille County, Vermont.
33. An unincorporated community in Wahkiakum County, Washington.
34. An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
35. An unincorporated community in Ohio County, West Virginia.
36. An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
37. A town and village in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
38. A small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
39. A census-designated place in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
40. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Eden Township.

Equivalents

Examples

“And the LORD God planted a garden Eastward in Eden; and there he put⟳ the man whom he had formed.”

“It was no good. I felt beyond all question⟳ that I was indeed Eden, not Elvesham. But Eden in Elvesham's body!”

“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.”

“The first explorers saw⟳ America as an Eden.”

“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, […]”

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