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Eden
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eden éden edén Éden
English
Pronunciation
en /ˈiːdən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Eden.wav Southern England
en iːdən 2
Etymology 1
From en hbo עֵדֶן Hebr ʿḗḏen, perhaps from en sux 𒂔 edin steppe, garden.
Proper noun
en biblical A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.
Genesis 2 8 And the LORD God planted a garden Eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
en English, probably derived from a place name.
en 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!
en unisex.
en female Hebrew from the biblical place name; also a medieval diminutive of en ang - compound names beginning with the element ang 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.
en male Hebrew.
en Laura Molloy The Cure announce Simon Gallup’s son, Eden, filling in for him on tour as he’s “not well enough to play” NME 2026-07-16 https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-cure-announce-simon-gallups-son-eden-filling-in-for-him-on-tour-as-hes-not-well-enough-to-play-3956446 Robert Smith and co. are out on tour across the UK and Europe, and are currently in the thick of a three-show stint in Berlin. However, on the first gig in the city’s Wulheide on Friday (July 10), fans noticed that Gallup was absent, with his son Eden taking his place. https://web.archive.org/web/20260926083139/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-cure-announce-simon-gallups-son-eden-filling-in-for-him-on-tour-as-hes-not-well-enough-to-play-3956446 26 September 2026
Any of various towns and other place names.
en coastal town s/New South Wales c/Australia.
en small unincorporated community co/Graham County s/Arizona.
en city/and/town co/Jerome County s/Idaho.
en unincorporated community co/Peoria County s/Illinois.
en unincorporated community co/Randolph County s/Illinois.
en unincorporated community co/Hancock County s/Indiana.
en small unincorporated community co/Atchison County s/Kansas.
en unincorporated community co/Butler County s/Kentucky.
en census-designated place co/Somerset County s/Maryland.
en unincorporated community co/Dodge County s/Minnesota.
en village co/Yazoo County s/Mississippi.
en town co/Erie County s/New York.
en city co/Rockingham County s/North Carolina.
en small town/and/village co/Marshall County s/South Dakota.
en small city co/Concho County s/Texas.
en census-designated place co/Weber County s/Utah.
en town co/Lamoille County s/Vermont.
en unincorporated community co/Wahkiakum County s/Washington.
en unincorporated community co/Boone County s/West Virginia.
en unincorporated community co/Ohio County s/West Virginia.
en unincorporated community co/Upshur County s/West Virginia.
en town/and/village co/Fond du Lac County s/Wisconsin.
en small town co/Iowa County s/Wisconsin.
en census-designated place co/Sweetwater County s/Wyoming.
en A number of <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Eden Township.
Derived terms
en Austral Eden Eden Creek Edenesque Edenfield Eden garden Edenic Edenize Edenlike Eden-like Eden-Monaro Eden Park Eden Prairie Edenton Edenville
Translations
biblical garden
Arabic: ar جَنَّاتِ عَدْن, ar عَدْن
Armenian: hy Եդեմ
Catalan: ca Edèn m
Cherokee: chr ᎢᏗᏂ, chr ᎢᏓᏂ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 伊甸 ji1 din6-1
Eastern Min: cdo 埃田 Aĭ-dièng
Hakka: hak 伊甸 Yî-thien
Hokkien: nan-hbl 埃田 Ai-tiân
Mandarin: cmn 伊甸 Yīdiàn
Dutch: nl Eden n
Esperanto: eo Edeno
Estonian: et Eeden, et eeden, et paradiisiaed, et Eeden Eedeni et aed
Finnish: fi Eeden
French: fr Éden m
Galician: gl Edén
Greek: el Εδέμ
Ancient Greek: grc Ἐδέμ
Gujarati: gu એદન
Hebrew: he גן עדן m gan éden
Hindi: hi अदन m
Hungarian: hu Éden, hu Édenkert
Irish: ga Éidin
Italian: it Eden
Japanese: ja エデン Eden
Korean: ko ^에덴
Lithuanian: lt Edenas m Èdenas, lt Edeno sodas m
Maltese: mt Għeden
Polish: pl Eden m
Portuguese: pt Éden m
Russian: ru Эде́м m
Spanish: es edén m
Swahili: sw Edeni
Swedish: sv Eden
Tok Pisin: tpi Iden
Turkish: tr Aden
Ottoman Turkish: ota عدن ʼadn, ʼaden
Vietnamese: vi Ê-đen
Yiddish: yi עדן m eydn, yi גן־עדן m gan-eydn
English surname
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 伊登 Yīdēng
Russian: ru И́ден
female given name
Noun
~
en by extension countable A paradise on Earth.
en The first explorers saw America as an Eden.
en by extension uncountable A state of innocence.
Translations
paradise on Earth
Armenian: hy Եդեմ
Bulgarian: bg рай m
Catalan: ca edèn m
Estonian: et Eeden, et eeden
Finnish: fi paratiisi, fi onnela, fi Eeden
German: de Eden n
Hebrew: he גן עדן m gan éden
Polish: pl eden m
Russian: ru Эде́м m
Spanish: es edén m
Etymology 2
River +
The river in Cumbria is from the Roman name, British en la Ituna. The rivers in Scotland are also related to the root of this name.The Oxford Names Companion, Oxford University Press, Second edition 1998
The river in Kent is back-formed from en Edenbridge, from en ang *Eadhelmesbrycg Eadhelm's bridge (attested as Eadelmesbregge c. 1100).
Proper noun
en river co/Cumbria cc/England, which passes Carlisle and empties into the Solway Firth.
en river co/Kent cc/England, which flows into the en Medway; the name is a back-formation of en Edenbridge.
en river council area/Fife cc/Scotland, which flows into the en North Sea.
en small river in the carea/Scottish Borders which flows into the River Tweed Eden Water.
en former local government district in co/Cumbria cc/England formed in 1974 and named after the Cumbrian river, with its headquarters in Penrith ; abolished in 2023 and merged into Westmorland and Furness Eden District.
en residential settlement co/Antrim c/Ireland.
en Three <<townlands>> in <<co/Londonderry>>, <<p/Northern Ireland>>.
en townland co/Tyrone p/Northern Ireland.
Derived terms
en Castle Eden
en Kirkandrews-on-Eden
References
Anagrams
en deen Dene Dené Ende deen dene ende need
Dutch
Etymology
From nl dum eden, from nl la Eden, from nl hbo עֵדֶן ʿḗḏen.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈeː.də(n)/
nl Nl-Eden.ogg
nl Eden
nl eːdən
Proper noun
n
nl Biblical en Eden mythological garden in Genesis
Descendants
id 1 Eden
Finnish
Pronunciation
e(:)den
Proper noun
fi Eeden
Declension
Eden ä sg 0
Anagrams
fi deen deen
German
Etymology
From de la Eden, from de he עֵדֶן ʿḗḏen.
Pronunciation
de /ˈeːdən/ [ˈʔeː.dn̩]
de De-Eden.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
n
en Eden
Usage notes
Much predominantly used in the phrase de Garten Eden Garden of Eden.
Indonesian
id:
Etymology
From id nl Eden, from id dum eden, from id la Eden, from id hbo עֵדֶן ʿḗḏen, from id akk idīnum 𒂊𒁲𒉡 edinu plain, lowland; wilds, steppes; land naturally irrigated, untouched fertile land, from id sux 𒂔 eden plain, open country. id adnan.
Pronunciation
Éden
id eden
Proper noun
id biblical en Eden: a garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia
Further reading
Japanese
Romanization
エデン
Latin
Etymology
From la he עֵדֶן Hebr ʿḗḏen
Proper noun
la proper noun
the Garden of Eden
la Biblical locations
Lotha Naga
Noun
njh noun
June
See also
Further reading
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Polish
pl:+
thumb|Eden
Etymology
pl :lbor la:Eden + 1
Pronunciation
LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Eden.wav eden
Proper noun
m-in
pl Bible en Eden garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia
Declension
s
Derived terms
pl nouns eden
Related terms
pl adjectives edeński
Further reading
110907
pl Afterlife Mythological locations
Swedish
sv:+s trädgård
Etymology
From sv hbo עֵדֶן ʿḗḏen.
Proper noun
n
sv biblical en Eden
Anagrams
sv deen -ende ende
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor es:Edén<ety:uder<hbo:עֵדֶן<tr:ʿḗḏen>>> 2 1
Pronunciation
Edén
Proper noun
Edén +
tl biblical en Eden
Derived terms
tl Halamanan ng Eden Hardin ng Eden
Related terms
tl Edna