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Elysium

UK/ɪˈlɪz.i.əm//ɪˈlɪʒ.i.əm/

Elysium proper noun: the home of the blessed after death.

Proper noun

Elysium (plural Elysiums or Elysia)

  1. (Greek, Roman) The home of the blessed after death.
  2. A place or state of ideal happiness; paradise.
    • Joseph seemed sitting in a sort of elysium alone, beside a roaring fire; a quart of ale on the table near him, bristling with large pieces of toasted oat-cake; and his black, short pipe in his mouth.1847, Emily Brontë, chapter XXIII, in Wuthering Heights
    • Not since a journalist morphed into Al Pacino in The Devil’s Advocate has a metamorphosis been so jarring. Of course, there were clues: Michael kicked a puppy in the very second episode, and no self-respecting Elysium so closely resembles a chichi outdoor mall in Pasadena.2017 September 20, Sophie Gilbert, “The Good Place Is Still TV Heaven”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2018
  3. A region in the northern hemisphere of Mars.

Elysium meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Malay

Elysium in Tamil

பேரின்ப நிலை, துறக்கம், இன்பவுலகம்

Elysium in Telugu

Elysium
గోపురము gōpuramu

Elysium in Malayalam

heaven, paradise, the Elysian fields
പരേതപുണ്യാത്മാക്കളുടെ വാസസ്ഥാനം, സ്വർഗ്ഗം, പറുദീസ, സ്വർഗ്ഗരാജ്യം, ദേവലോകം, സുരപദം

Elysium in Malay

home of the blessed after death in Greek and Roman mythology — see also Elysian Fields
Elisium
More languagesFewer languages
Elysium in Persian
الوسیون elusiyon

Forms of Elysium

pluralElysiums
pluralElysia

Origin of Elysium

From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἠλῠ́σῐον (Πεδῐ́ον) (Ēlŭ́sĭon (Pedĭ́on)).

Words formed from Elysium

Questions about Elysium

What does Elysium mean?
Elysium means the home of the blessed after death.
What is Elysium in Tamil?
Elysium in Tamil is பேரின்ப நிலை, துறக்கம், இன்பவுலகம். See Elysium meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Elysium?
Elysium is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Elysium?
Elysium is pronounced /ɪˈlɪz.i.əm/ (UK).

Words near Elysium in the dictionary

  1. elysian
  2. Elysian Fields
  3. Elysians
  4. elysiid
  5. elysiids
  6. Elysium
  7. Elysiums
  8. Elyssa
  9. Elysse
  10. elytra
  11. elytrae

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Elysium (page history and authors); Elysium (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); గోపురము (Telugu) (page history and authors); Elysium (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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