Eden

 
Pronunciation: /ˈiːd(ə)n/
(also Garden of Eden)
  • the place where Adam and Eve lived in the biblical account of the Creation, from which they were expelled for disobediently eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge.
  • (as noun an Eden) a place or state of great happiness; an unspoilt paradise: the lost Eden of his childhood

Derivatives

Edenic

Pronunciation: /ɪˈdɛnɪk/
adjective

Origin:

from late Latin (Vulgate), Greek Ēdēn (Septuagint), and Hebrew ‘Ēḏen; perhaps related to Akkadian edinu, from Sumerian eden 'plain, desert' (but believed to be related to Hebrew ‘ēḏen 'delight')