eden
/ˈiː.dən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.82 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.
name
An English surname, probably derived from a place name.
name
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”).
name
Any of various towns and other place names.
name
Any of various towns and other place names.
name
Any of various towns and other place names.
name
Any of various towns and other place names.
name
Any of various towns and other place names.
Example Sentences
- "And the LORD God planted a garden Eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed."
- "It was no good. I felt beyond all question that I was indeed Eden, not Elvesham. But Eden in Elvesham's body!"
- "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."
- "The first explorers saw America as an Eden."
- "The essential formula of both the John Carter and the Tarzan stories was that of an upperclass hero confronting a challenging, radically exotic environment, a lush jungle eden or an eden of extraplanetary technology, […]"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈiː.dən/