eden
IPA: ˈidʌn
Root Word: Eden
noun
- (biblical) A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.
- An English surname, probably derived from a place name.
- 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”).
- 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.
- (by extension, countable) A paradise on Earth.
- (by extension, uncountable) A state of innocence.
- 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.
- (rare) Alternative letter-case form of Eden (“a paradise”) [(biblical) A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.]
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Examples of "eden" in Sentences
- Eden was a member of the prominent Eden family.
- She remembers only the vaguest glimmers of Eden.
- Eden and the Port of Eden are located in the bay.
- Allusion to the Garden of Eden occurs frequently in the book.
- Broom is a hamlet in the Eden district, in the county of Cumbria.
- The serpent of Genesis appears in the Garden of Eden to tempt Eve.
- On my way to work this morning I saw a giant billboard ad for 'eden',
- Eden then says something about the why does the man have a gun holster.
- The duo also recorded under the aliases Dusk Til Dawn and The Eden Project.
- Eden was a lot larger than just a garden, the garden was only part of Eden.
- The Eden Project leaves immediately, jettisoning the bomb before detonation.
- At first all is an idyll, as they spend the summer in their 'eden' Paradise.
- There will be poor and suffering always, because of the original sin in the garden of eden.
- "we're all still in eden. the trick is, to see it, we have to look into each other's eyes ..."
- What about that we’re from eden and can never return, although eden is just an overrun valley in Turkey that’s full of shanty towns.
- The creation myth of eden comes from the meso. valley, and in fact is a valley north of that valley that has been identified by geography buffs.
- Pilotshark Sponsored by Boeing says: come on all the dinosaurs was kick out of eden cause they were always picking up the women and the men had to resort to them selfs.
- The separating process started in the middle of 2009 and the re-branding of Accor Services to Edenred originated from the company's "eden" corporate project, which stands for "Moving
- It is therefore a great surprise to learn that Oasis, headed up by Noel and Liam Gallagher, propose to perform at the greenhouse theme park at Bodelva Pit misleadingly self-styled the 'eden' 'project' (known locally as The Bodelva Pit Plastic Prison For Plants For Profit) in The Duchy Of Cornwall, thereby rendering themselves puppets and playthings of the International Arms Dealers who have and continue to head up that organisation as trustees - Ronnie Hampel (ex BAE Weapons Systems) - John Rose (Rolls Royce) -