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   Eden

   /ˈiːdn/

   • 1. 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.

   noun

   • 1. a place or state of great happiness; an unspoilt paradise: "the lost Eden of his childhood"

   Word 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’).

   Scrabble Points: 5

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