All Definitions for Eden
Below are all the dictionary definitions of eden:
1A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve
2Sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.
3An English surname, probably derived from a place name.
4A female given name from Hebrew from the biblical place name
5Also a medieval diminutive of Old English compound names beginning with the element ēad (“riches”).
6Any of various towns and other place names.
7A coastal town in New South Wales, Australia.
8A small unincorporated community in Graham County, Arizona.
9A city and town in Jerome County, Idaho.
10An unincorporated community in Peoria County, Illinois.
11An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Illinois.
12An unincorporated community in Hancock County, Indiana.
13A small unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas.
14An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky.
15A census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland.
16An unincorporated community in Dodge County, Minnesota.
17A village in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
18A town in Erie County, New York.
19A city in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
20A small town and village in Marshall County, South Dakota.
21A small city in Concho County, Texas.
22A census-designated place in Weber County, Utah.
23A town in Lamoille County, Vermont.
24An unincorporated community in Wahkiakum County, Washington.
25An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
26An unincorporated community in Ohio County, West Virginia.
27An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
28A town and village in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
29A small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
30A census-designated place in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
31A number of townships in the United States, listed under Eden Township.
32A paradise on Earth.
33A state of innocence.
34A river in Cumbria, England, which passes Carlisle and empties into the Solway Firth.
35A river in Kent, England, which flows into the Medway
36The name is a back-formation of Edenbridge.
37A river in Fife council area, Scotland, which flows into the North Sea.
38A small river in the Scottish Borders council area, which flows into the River Tweed
39In full, Eden Water.
40A former local government district in Cumbria, England, formed in 1974 and named after the Cumbrian river, with its headquarters in Penrith
41Abolished in 2023 and merged into Westmorland and Furness
42In full, Eden District.
43A residential settlement in County Antrim, Ireland.
44Three townlands in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
45A townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
46Alternative letter-case form of Eden (“a paradise”). [(biblical) A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve
47Sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.]
About antonyms for eden
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