[eed-n] Pronunciation Key | 1. | the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24. |
| 2. | any delightful region or abode; paradise. |
| 3. | a state of perfect happiness or bliss. |
| 4. | a town in N North Carolina. 15,672. |
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[eed-n] Pronunciation Key | (Robert) Anthony, Earl of Avon, 1897–1977, British statesman: prime minister 1955–57. |
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| E·den
(ēd'n) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English, from Late Latin, from Greek Ēdēn, from Hebrew 'ēden, delight, Eden; see ġdn in Semitic roots.] E·den'ic (ē-děn'ĭk) adj. |
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| Eden, Sir (Robert)
British politician who as foreign minister (1935-1938, 1940-1945, and 1951-1955) was instrumental in the founding of the United Nations (1945) and as prime minister (1955-1957) supported the 1956 Anglo-French invasion of Egypt. |
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Eden
| eden | |
noun | |
| 1. | any place of complete bliss and delight and peace |
| 2. | 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) |
Eden
A concurrent, object-oriented, distributed operating system and language, based on remote procedure call. It has both synchronous and asynchronous message passing.
["The Eden System: A Technical Review", G. Almes et al, IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-11(1):43-59 (Jan 1985)].
Eden Mills, VT Zip code(s): 05653
Eden Valley, MN (city, FIPS 18134) Location: 45.32568 N, 94.54566 W
Population (1990): 732 (328 housing units)
Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55329
Eden Prairie, MN (city, FIPS 18116) Location: 44.84925 N, 93.45814 W
Population (1990): 39311 (15405 housing units)
Area: 83.9 sq km (land), 7.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55343, 55344, 55346, 55347
Eden Isle, LA (CDP, FIPS 22722) Location: 30.22829 N, 89.79871 W
Population (1990): 3768 (2053 housing units)
Area: 9.5 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water)
Eden, WI (village, FIPS 22475) Location: 43.69242 N, 88.36285 W
Population (1990): 610 (227 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 53019
Eden, VT Zip code(s): 05652
Eden, UT Zip code(s): 84310
Eden, TX (city, FIPS 22552) Location: 31.21567 N, 99.84356 W
Population (1990): 1567 (588 housing units)
Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 76837
Eden, SD (town, FIPS 18180) Location: 45.61624 N, 97.42006 W
Population (1990): 97 (68 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 57232
Eden, NY (CDP, FIPS 23404) Location: 42.65197 N, 78.90074 W
Population (1990): 3088 (1106 housing units)
Area: 13.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 14057
Eden, NC (city, FIPS 20080) Location: 36.50571 N, 79.74216 W
Population (1990): 15238 (6797 housing units)
Area: 30.3 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 27288
Eden, MD Zip code(s): 21822
Eden, ID (city, FIPS 24310) Location: 42.60515 N, 114.20872 W
Population (1990): 314 (139 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 83325
Eden, AZ Zip code(s): 85535
Eden, MS (village, FIPS 21420) Location: 32.98571 N, 90.32319 W
Population (1990): 88 (31 housing units)
Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Mount Eden, KY Zip code(s): 40046
Eden
E"den\, n. [Heb. [=e]den delight, pleasure; also, a place of pleasure, Eden.] The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightful region or residence.
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