Eden

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Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Hebrew, English (Modern), French (Modern)
Scripts עֵדֶן(Hebrew)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈiː.dən/(English)

Meaning & History

From the biblical place name, itself possibly from Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿeḏen) meaning "pleasure, delight" [1], or perhaps derived from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin) meaning "plain". According to the Old Testament the Garden of Eden was the place where the first people, Adam and Eve, lived before they were expelled.