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.
- 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.
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