Eden

Eden

See also: eden, éden, edén, and Éden

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːdən/

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• Rhymes: -iːdən

Etymology 1

From Hebrew עֵדֶן‎ (eden), perhaps from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin, “steppe, garden”).

Proper noun

Eden

1. (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 964384981, Genesis 2:8:

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     And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

2. 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!

3. 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.

4. Any of various towns and other place names.
   1. A coastal town in New South Wales, Australia.
   2. A small unincorporatedcommunity in Graham County, Arizona.
   3. A city and town in Jerome County, Idaho.
   4. An unincorporatedcommunity in Peoria County, Illinois.
   5. An unincorporatedcommunity in Randolph County, Illinois.
   6. An unincorporatedcommunity in Hancock County, Indiana.
   7. A small unincorporatedcommunity in Atchison County, Kansas.
   8. An unincorporatedcommunity in Butler County, Kentucky.
   9. A census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland.
   10. An unincorporatedcommunity in Dodge County, Minnesota.
   11. A village in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
   12. A town in Erie County, New York.
   13. A city in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
   14. A small town and village in Marshall County, South Dakota.
   15. A small city in Concho County, Texas.
   16. A census-designated place in Weber County, Utah.
   17. A town in Lamoille County, Vermont.
   18. An unincorporatedcommunity in Wahkiakum County, Washington.
   19. An unincorporatedcommunity in Boone County, West Virginia.
   20. An unincorporatedcommunity in Ohio County, West Virginia.
   21. An unincorporatedcommunity in Upshur County, West Virginia.
   22. A town and village in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
   23. A small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
   24. A census-designated place in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.

Derived terms

• Edenic
• Eden Park
• Edenton

Translations

biblical garden

Arabic: جَنَّاتِ عَدْن‎ (jannāti ʿadn), عَدْن‎ (ʿadn) Armenian: Եդեմ (Edem) Catalan: Edèn m Chinese: Cantonese: 伊甸 (yi1 din6-1) Hakka: 伊甸 (Yî-thien) Mandarin: 伊甸 (zh) (Yīdiàn) Min Dong: 埃田 (Aĭ-dièng) Min Nan: 埃田 (Ai-tiân) Dutch: Eden n Esperanto: Edeno Estonian: Eeden, eeden, paradiisiaed, Eedeni aed (et) Finnish: Eeden (fi) French: Éden (fr) m Galician: Edén (gl) Greek: Εδέμ (el) (Edém) Ancient: Ἐδέμ (Edém) Hebrew: גן עדן‎ (he) m (gan éden) Hindi: अदन (hi) m (adan) Hungarian: Éden (hu), Édenkert (hu) Irish: Éidin Italian: Eden Japanese: エデン (Eden) Korean: 에덴 (ko) (Eden) Lithuanian: Èdenas m, Edeno sodas m Maltese: please add this translation if you can Polish: Eden (pl) m Portuguese: Éden (pt) m Russian: Эде́м (ru) m (Edém) Spanish: edén (es) m Swahili: Edeni Swedish: Eden (sv) Tok Pisin: Iden Vietnamese: Ê-đen Yiddish: עדן‎ m (eydn), גן־עדן‎ m (gan-eydn)

English surname

Russian: И́ден (ru) (Íden)

female given name

Noun

Eden (countable and uncountable, plural Edens)

1. (by extension, countable) A paradise on Earth.

   The first explorers saw America as an Eden.

2. (by extension, uncountable) A state of innocence.

Translations

paradise on Earth

Bulgarian: рай (bg) m (raj) Catalan: edèn m Estonian: Eeden, eeden Finnish: paratiisi (fi), onnela, Eeden (fi) German: Eden (de) n Hebrew: גן עדן‎ (he) m (gan éden) Polish: eden (pl) m Russian: Эде́м (ru) m (Edém) Spanish: edén (es) m

Etymology 2

• 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

Eden

1. A river in Cumbria, England, which passes Carlisle and empties into the Solway Firth.
2. A river in Kent, England, which flows into the Medway; the name is a back-formation of Edenbridge.
3. A river in Fife council area, Scotland, which flows into the North Sea.
4. Eden Water, a small river in the Scottish Borders council area, which flows into the River Tweed.
5. Eden District, a local government district of Cumbria, England formed in 1974 and named after the Cumbrian river, with its headquarters in Penrith.
6. A residentialsettlement in County Antrim, Ireland.
7. Three townlands in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
8. A townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

Derived terms

• Castle Eden
• Kirkandrews-on-Eden

References

1. The Oxford Names Companion, Oxford University Press, Second edition 1998

Anagrams

• Dene, Dené, Ende, deen, dene, ende, need

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch eden, from Latin Eden, from Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן‎.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.də(n)/

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• Hyphenation: Eden
• Rhymes: -eːdən

Proper noun

Eden n

1. (biblical) Eden (mythological garden in Genesis)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: eden

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe(ː)den/, [ˈe̞(ː)de̞n]
• Rhymes: -eden
• Syllabification^(key): e‧den

Proper noun

Eden

1. Alternative spelling of Eeden

Declension

Inflection of Eden (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Edenittä	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Eden (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Edenini	Edenimme
2nd person	Edenisi	Edeninne
3rd person	Edeninsä

Anagrams

• deen

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German

Etymology

From Latin Eden, from Hebrew עֵדֶן‎ (ʿēḏen).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːdən/, [ˈʔeː.dn̩]

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Proper noun

Eden n (proper noun, strong, genitive Edens)

1. Eden

Usage notes

• Much predominantly used in the phrase Garten Eden (“Garden of Eden”).

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Japanese

Romanization

Eden

1. Rōmaji transcription of エデン

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Eden, from Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן‎, perhaps from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin, “steppe, garden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.dɛn/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛdɛn
• Syllabification: E‧den

Proper noun

Eden m inan

1. (biblical) Eden (garden)

Declension

Declension of Eden

	singular
nominative	Eden
genitive	Edenu
dative	Edenowi
accusative	Eden
instrumental	Edenem
locative	Edenie
vocative	Edenie

Derived terms

noun

• eden

 

Related terms

adjective

• edeński

 

Further reading

• Eden in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Eden in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Swedish

Etymology

From Hebrew עֵדֶן‎.

Proper noun

Eden n (genitive Edens)

1. (biblical) Eden

Anagrams

• -ende, ende

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Edén.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: E‧den
• IPA^(key): /ʔeˈden/, [ʔeˈden]

Proper noun

Edén

1. (biblical) Eden