Paradise

Paradise

See also: paradise

English

Etymology

From paradise.

The town in Newfoundland is named after Houmet Paradis near Guernsey.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pă'rədīs, IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹ.ə.daɪs/
• Hyphenation: Par‧a‧dise
• Rhymes: -æɹədaɪs
• Homophone: paradise

Proper noun

Paradise

1. (religion) Heaven.
2. (religion) The Garden of Eden.
3. A town in Grenada.
4. A village in Suriname.
5. A settlement on the island of Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona.
   2. A town in Butte County, California.
   3. A census-designated place in Mono County, California.
   4. A city in Kansas.
   5. A census-designated place in Montana.
   6. An unincorporated town and census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.
   7. A township and census-designated place therein, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
   8. A city in Texas.
   9. A town in Utah.
   10. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Paradise Township.
7. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
8. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
9. A rural locality north of Glenorchy, Otago, New Zealand. [1]
10. A number of places in England:
    1. A hamlet in Askam and Ireleth parish, Barrow-in-Furness district, Cumbria (OS grid ref SD2278). [2]
    2. A hamlet in Painswick parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8611). [3]
    3. A suburb of Hemel Hempstead, Dacorum district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL0506). [4]
    4. A small riverside suburb in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ2163).
    5. A neighbourhood in central Birmingham, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP0686).
    6. A northern suburb of Coventry, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP3481). [5]

Synonyms

• (Heaven): Heaven
• (Garden of Eden): Eden, Garden of Eden

Derived terms

• grains of paradise

Translations

Heaven

Arabic: اَلْفِرْدَوْس‎ f (al-firdaws) Aramaic: Classical Syriac: ܦܪܕܝܣܐ‎ m (pardaysā), ܫܡܝܐ‎ c (šəmayyā) Jewish Aramaic: פַּרְדֵּיסָא‎ m (pardêsā) Chinese: Mandarin: 天堂 (zh) (tiāntáng), 天國／天国 (zh) (tiānguó) Dutch: Paradijs n Estonian: taevas (et) Finnish: taivas (fi) French: paradis (fr) m German: Himmel (de) m, Paradies (de) n Irish: parthas Italian: Paradiso m Japanese: 天国 (ja) (てんごく, tengoku) Maori: Pararaiha Norman: Paradis m Occitan: Paradis m Old English: hēofon m, neorxnawang m, paradīs m Pashto: جنت‎ (ps) m (ǰanat), هسک‎ (ps) m (hask), فردوس‎ m (firdaws) Portuguese: Paraíso (pt) m Russian: рай (ru) m (raj), небеса́ (ru) n pl (nebesá) Swahili: pepo (sw) Thai: สวรรค์ (th) (sà-wǎn), สรวงสวรรค์ (sŭang sàwăn)

the Garden of Eden

Arabic: اَلْفِرْدَوْس‎ f (al-firdaws) Aramaic: Classical Syriac: ܦܪܕܝܣܐ ܕܥܕܢ‎ m (pardaysā ḏa-ʿəḏen) Finnish: paratiisi (fi) French: paradis (fr) m, paradis terrestre (fr) m Italian: Paradiso terrestre m Japanese: エデンの園 (えでんのその, Eden no sono) Ngazidja Comorian: mpvepvo class 9 Old English: neorxnawang m, paradīs m Portuguese: Paraíso (pt) m Thai: สวนอีเดน (sŭan eeden)

References

1. NZ Topo Map
2. OS: Barrow-in-Furness
3. OS: Stroud
4. OS: Dacorum
5. OS: Coventry

Anagrams

• Paradesi