Eden Definition

ēdn

noun

The garden where Adam and Eve first lived; Paradise: Gen. 2:8

Webster's New World

Any delightful place or state; a paradise.

Webster's New World

A state of innocence, bliss, or ultimate happiness.

American Heritage

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pronoun

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

Wiktionary

(by extension) A paradise on Earth; a state of innocence.

Wiktionary

An English surname, probably derived from a place name.

Wiktionary

A female given name from the biblical place name; also a medieval diminutive of Old English compound names beginning with the element ēad (“riches”).

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Origin of Eden

Middle English from Late Latin from Greek Ēdēn from Hebrew ‘ēden delight, Eden ġdn in Semitic roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Hebrew עדן (eden), perhaps from Sumerian e-den "Steppe, garden".

From Wiktionary