[ 'i:d(ə)n ]
■ noun
1》 (also Garden of ~ ) the place where Adam and Eve lived in the biblical account of the Creation.
2》 a place or state of unspoilt happiness or beauty.
Derivatives
~ic ɪ'dɛnɪk adjective
Origin
from late L. (Vulgate), Gk Ēdēn (Septuagint), and Heb. ῾Ēḏen ; perh. ult. from Sumerian eden 'plain, desert', but prob. related to Heb. ῾ēḏen 'delight'.