Eden
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Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Hebrew עֵדֶן (eden), perhaps from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin, “steppe, garden”).
Proper noun edit
Eden
- (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.
- 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!
- 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.
- 1986 Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell): A Dark-Adapted Eye: page 35:
- Any of various towns and other place names.
- A coastal town in New South Wales, Australia.
- A small unincorporated community in Graham County, Arizona.
- A city and town in Jerome County, Idaho.
- An unincorporated community in Peoria County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Hancock County, Indiana.
- A small unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky.
- A census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland.
- An unincorporated community in Dodge County, Minnesota.
- A village in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
- A town in Erie County, New York.
- A city in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
- A small town and village in Marshall County, South Dakota.
- A small city in Concho County, Texas.
- A census-designated place in Weber County, Utah.
- A town in Lamoille County, Vermont.
- An unincorporated community in Wahkiakum County, Washington.
- An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Ohio County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
- A town and village in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
- A small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
- A census-designated place in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Eden Township.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
biblical garden
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female given name
Noun edit
Eden (countable and uncountable, plural Edens)
- (by extension, countable) A paradise on Earth.
- The first explorers saw America as an Eden.
- (by extension, uncountable) A state of innocence.
Translations edit
paradise on Earth
Etymology 2 edit
- 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 Eadhelmsbrigge (“Eadhelm's bridge”).
Proper noun edit
Eden
- A river in Cumbria, England, which passes Carlisle and empties into the Solway Firth.
- A river in Kent, England, which flows into the Medway; the name is a back-formation of Edenbridge.
- A river in Fife council area, Scotland, which flows into the North Sea.
- Eden Water, a small river in the Scottish Borders council area, which flows into the River Tweed.
- Eden District, a local government district of Cumbria, England formed in 1974 and named after the Cumbrian river, with its headquarters in Penrith.
- A residential settlement in County Antrim, Ireland.
- Three townlands in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
- A townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ The Oxford Names Companion, Oxford University Press, Second edition 1998
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch eden, from Latin Eden, from Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן.
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Eden n
Descendants edit
- → Indonesian: eden
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Eden
- Alternative spelling of Eeden
Declension edit
Inflection of Eden (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Eden | — | ||
genitive | Edenin | — | ||
partitive | Edeniä | — | ||
illative | Edeniin | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Eden | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Eden | — | |
gen. | Edenin | |||
genitive | Edenin | — | ||
partitive | Edeniä | — | ||
inessive | Edenissä | — | ||
elative | Edenistä | — | ||
illative | Edeniin | — | ||
adessive | Edenillä | — | ||
ablative | Edeniltä | — | ||
allative | Edenille | — | ||
essive | Edeninä | — | ||
translative | Edeniksi | — | ||
abessive | Edenittä | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Eden, from Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿēḏen).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Eden n (proper noun, strong, genitive Edens)
Usage notes edit
- Much predominantly used in the phrase Garten Eden (“Garden of Eden”).
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
Eden
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin Eden.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Eden m inan
- (biblical) Eden (garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia)
Declension edit
Declension of Eden
Derived terms edit
noun
Related terms edit
adjective
Further reading edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Eden n (genitive Edens)
Anagrams edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Edén, from Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (éden).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Edén (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇᜒᜈ᜔)