Eden

  1. Proper noun.  (biblical) A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.
  2. Proper noun.  (context, by extension) A paradise on Earth; a state of innocence.
  3. Proper noun.  Various place names.
  4. Proper noun.  (surname, A An) , probably derived from a place name.
  5. Proper noun.  (given name, female) from the biblical place name; also a medieval diminutive of (etyl, ang) compound names beginning with the element (term, ēad) .

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