Eden

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A paradise on Earth. broadly,countable
    — The first explorers saw America as an Eden.
  2. A state of innocence. broadly,uncountable
专有名词
  1. A river in Cumbria, England, which passes Carlisle and empties into the Solway Firth.
  2. 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.
  3. 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!
  4. A river in Kent, England, which flows into the Medway; the name is a back-formation of Edenbridge.
  5. A river in Fife council area, Scotland, which flows into the North Sea.
  6. 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.
  7. A small river in the Scottish Borders council area, which flows into the River Tweed; in full, Eden Water.
  8. Any of various towns and other place names.; A coastal town in New South Wales, Australia.
  9. 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.
  10. Any of various towns and other place names.; A small unincorporated community in Graham County, Arizona.
  11. Any of various towns and other place names.; A city and town in Jerome County, Idaho.
  12. A residential settlement in County Antrim, Ireland.
  13. Any of various towns and other place names.; An unincorporated community in Peoria County, Illinois.
  14. Three townlands in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
  15. A townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
  16. Any of various towns and other place names.; An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Illinois.
  17. Any of various towns and other place names.; An unincorporated community in Hancock County, Indiana.
  18. Any of various towns and other place names.; A small unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas.
  19. Any of various towns and other place names.; An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky.
  20. Any of various towns and other place names.; A census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland.
  21. Any of various towns and other place names.; An unincorporated community in Dodge County, Minnesota.
  22. Any of various towns and other place names.; A village in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
  23. Any of various towns and other place names.; A town in Erie County, New York.
  24. Any of various towns and other place names.; A city in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
  25. Any of various towns and other place names.; A small town and village in Marshall County, South Dakota.
  26. Any of various towns and other place names.; A small city in Concho County, Texas.
  27. Any of various towns and other place names.; A census-designated place in Weber County, Utah.
  28. Any of various towns and other place names.; A town in Lamoille County, Vermont.
  29. Any of various towns and other place names.; An unincorporated community in Wahkiakum County, Washington.
  30. Any of various towns and other place names.; An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
  31. Any of various towns and other place names.; An unincorporated community in Ohio County, West Virginia.
  32. Any of various towns and other place names.; An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
  33. Any of various towns and other place names.; A town and village in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
  34. Any of various towns and other place names.; A small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
  35. Any of various towns and other place names.; A census-designated place in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
  36. Any of various towns and other place names.; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Eden Township.

词形变化

Edens plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Castle Eden Kirkandrews-on-Eden

词源

词源 1
From Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen), perhaps from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin, “steppe, garden”).
词源 2
* 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).
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