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eden

/ˈiːdən//ˈiː.dən/

eden is the alternative letter-case form of Eden.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Eden

Eden

  1. 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 2:8
  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!1896, H G Wells, The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham
  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”).
    • 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.1986 Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell): A Dark-Adapted Eye: page 35
  4. A coastal town in New South Wales, Australia.
  5. A small unincorporated community in Graham County, Arizona.
  6. A city and town in Jerome County, Idaho.
  7. An unincorporated community in Peoria County, Illinois.
  8. An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Illinois.
  9. An unincorporated community in Hancock County, Indiana.
  10. A small unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas.
  11. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky.
  12. A census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland.
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  1. An unincorporated community in Dodge County, Minnesota.
  2. A village in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
  3. A town in Erie County, New York.
  4. A city in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
  5. A small town and village in Marshall County, South Dakota.
  6. A small city in Concho County, Texas.
  7. A census-designated place in Weber County, Utah.
  8. A town in Lamoille County, Vermont.
  9. An unincorporated community in Wahkiakum County, Washington.
  10. An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
  11. An unincorporated community in Ohio County, West Virginia.
  12. An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
  13. A town and village in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
  14. A small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
  15. A census-designated place in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
  16. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Eden Township.

Noun capitalized: Eden

Eden (countable and uncountable, plural Edens)

  1. (broadly, countable) A paradise on Earth.
    • The first explorers saw America as an Eden.
  2. (broadly, uncountable) A state of innocence.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Eden

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. A small river in the Scottish Borders council area, which flows into the River Tweed; in full, Eden Water.
  5. 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.
  6. A residential settlement in County Antrim, Ireland.
  7. Three townlands in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
  8. A townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

Forms of eden

pluraledens
pluralEdens

Origin of eden

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

* 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).

Words formed from eden

Phrases with eden

Words that rhyme with eden

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Questions about eden

What does eden mean?
Eden means a garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.
What is eden the alternative letter-case form of?
Eden is the alternative letter-case form of Eden.
What part of speech is eden?
Eden can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce eden?
Eden is pronounced /ˈiː.dən/ (US).

Words near eden in the dictionary

  1. edematous
  2. edematously
  3. edemic
  4. edemogen
  5. edemogens
  6. eden
  7. Eden Creek
  8. Eden garden
  9. Eden gardens
  10. Eden Park
  11. Eden Prairie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eden (page history and authors); Eden (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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