Eden


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Eden /ˈiːd(ə)n/
noun
  • 1 (also Garden of Eden) the place where Adam and Eve lived in the biblical account of the Creation.
  • 2 a place or state of unspoilt happiness or beauty.
– derivatives
Edenic /ɪˈdɛnɪk/ adjective.
– origin from late L. (Vulgate), Gk Ēdēn (Septuagint), and Heb. ‘Ēḏen; perh. ult. from Sumerian eden ‘plain, desert’, but prob. rel. to Heb. ‘ēḏen ‘delight’.
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