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Eden

name
/ˈiːdən//ˈiː.dən/US

Etymology

* 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. * The river in Kent is back-formed from Edenbridge, from Old English *Eadhelmesbrycg (“Eadhelm's bridge”) (attested as Eadelmesbregge c. 1100).

  1. derived from 𒂔
  2. derived from עֵדֶן

Definitions

  1. A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve

    A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.

    • 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.

    • 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

    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”).

    • 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. ›+ 12 more definitions

    1. Any of various towns and other place names.

    2. A paradise on Earth.

      • The first explorers saw America as an Eden.

    3. A state of innocence.

    4. A river in Cumbria, England, which passes Carlisle and empties into the Solway Firth.

    5. A river in Kent, England, which flows into the Medway

      A river in Kent, England, which flows into the Medway; the name is a back-formation of Edenbridge.

    6. A river in Fife council area, Scotland, which flows into the North Sea.

    7. A small river in the Scottish Borders council area, which flows into the River Tweed

      A small river in the Scottish Borders council area, which flows into the River Tweed; in full, Eden Water.

    8. A former local government district in Cumbria, England, formed in 1974 and named after…

      A former local government district in Cumbria, England, formed in 1974 and named after the Cumbrian river, with its headquarters in Penrith; abolished in 2023 and merged into Westmorland and Furness; in full, Eden District.

    9. A residential settlement in County Antrim, Ireland.

    10. Three townlands in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

    11. A townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

    12. Alternative letter-case form of Eden (“a paradise”).

      • The essential formula of both the John Carter and the Tarzan stories was that of an upperclass hero confronting a challenging, radically exotic environment, a lush jungle eden or an eden of extraplanetary technology, […]

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA