eden Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
    promised land; heaven; nirvana; Shangri-la; paradise.
  2. noun a beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation; when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were driven from their paradise (the fall of man)
    Garden of Eden.

WordNet


E"den noun
Etymology
Heb. eden delight, pleasure; also, a place of pleasure, Eden.
Definitions
  1. The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightful region or residence.

Webster 1913