Definition of "Eden"

Eden¹

/ˈiːdən/

proper noun
1. (biblical) A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.
  Quotations
  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, […], Genesis 2:8
2. An English surname, probably derived from a place name.
  Quotations
  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”).
  Quotations
  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. Any of various towns and other place names.
  1. A coastal town in New South Wales, Australia.
  2. A small unincorporated community in Graham County, Arizona.
  3. A city and town in Jerome County, Idaho.
  4. An unincorporated community in Peoria County, Illinois.
  5. An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Illinois.
  6. An unincorporated community in Hancock County, Indiana.
  7. A small unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas.
  8. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky.
  9. A census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland.
  10. An unincorporated community in Dodge County, Minnesota.
  11. A village in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
  12. A town in Erie County, New York.
  13. A city in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
  14. A small town and village in Marshall County, South Dakota.
  15. A small city in Concho County, Texas.
  16. A census-designated place in Weber County, Utah.
  17. A town in Lamoille County, Vermont.
  18. An unincorporated community in Wahkiakum County, Washington.
  19. An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
  20. An unincorporated community in Ohio County, West Virginia.
  21. An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
  22. A town and village in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
  23. A small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
  24. A census-designated place in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
noun
countable and uncountable, plural Edens
1. (by extension, countable) A paradise on Earth.
2. (by extension, uncountable) A state of innocence.

Eden²

/ˈiːdən/

proper noun
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. Eden Water, a small river in the Scottish Borders council area, which flows into the River Tweed.
5. Eden District, a local government district of Cumbria, England formed in 1974 and named after the Cumbrian river, with its headquarters in Penrith.
6. A residential settlement in County Antrim, Ireland.
7. Three townlands in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
8. A townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.