What is "eden"

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.

early 13c., "delightful place," figurative use of the place described in Genesis, usually referred to Hebrew edhen "pleasure, delight," but perhaps from Ugaritic base 'dn and meaning "a place that is well-watered throughout" (see also Aden). Related: Edenic.

1. n. any place of complete bliss and delight and peace [syn: paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la]

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) [syn: Garden of Eden]

Eden may refer to:

• Garden of Eden, biblical "garden of God" described in the Book of Genesis

Eden is a digital television channel broadcasting factual content in the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel originally launched on 8 March 2004 and relaunched in its current format on 27 January 2009. The channel is available on Sky, Virgin Media, Smallworld Cable, TalkTalk Plus TV, BT TV, and TVPlayer (When subscribed to TVPlayer Plus). It isn't available on the digital terrestrial supplier Freeview.

Eden is a 1959 science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem. It was first published in English in 1989 (ISBN 0-15-127580-7).

Eden is the sixth album by English soprano Sarah Brightman, released in 1998 under license by Nemo Studios to Angel Records.

Similar to Brightman's later album La Luna, Eden juxtaposed English popular songs with Italian opera arias. This was a departure from her previous albums which were almost entirely sung in English, such as Fly. Eden retained elements of Timeless, which had strongest classical influences.

Eden contains one classical rock ballad, "Dust in the Wind". It was released as a single and experienced a big success in Brazil, because it was featured on the soundtrack of the soap opera Andando nas Nuvens (Walking on the Clouds). The single "Deliver Me" also gained certain mainstream American success because of its inclusion on the soundtrack of the 1999 film Brokedown Palace.

Subsequent to the release of Eden, Brightman performed her first world tour ever, One Night In Eden Tour, and released the VHS/DVD One Night in Eden.

Eden is the debut album by Everything but the Girl, released in 1984. It contains their first UK Top 30 entry, the number 28 hit "Each and Every One". The cover design was by Tracey Thorn's former colleague in the Marine Girls, Jane Fox. Eden was reissued in 2012 as a remastered 2-disc Deluxe Set by Edsel Records.

Eden is the third album by Japanese rock band Luna Sea, released on April 21, 1993. It reached number five on the weekly Oricon chart.

Eden ( Hebrew: ) as a given name, has several derivations, from the Biblical Garden of Eden, meaning 'delight'; It is given to both boys and girls. The first recorded use is from ancient Israel in the book of II Chronicles. It is also as a variant of the girl's name Edith and the boy's name Aidan. Notable people with the given name Eden:

• Eden ahbez, a performance name of American musician George Alexander Aberle
• Eden Brekke, a superintendent of Parks and Alderman of the 37th Ward, Chicago
• Eden Colvile, a Canadian historic figure
• Eden Espinosa, an American singer and stage actress
• Eden Harel, a MTV Europe vj during the 90's
• Eden Hazard, a Belgian football player
• Eden Kuriakose, an Indian film actress
• Eden McCain, a character from the American television series, Heroes
• Eden Natan-Zada, an IDF soldier that convicted mass murder incident
• Eden Phillpotts, a British novelist, poet and dramatist
• Eden Riegel, an American actress
• Eden Sher, an American television actor

Notable people with the family name Eden:

• Eden baronets, two English baronetcy families
• Sir Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, UK Prime Minister in 1955–57
• Barbara Eden, an American actress
• Bobbi Eden, a Dutch adult movie actress
• Charles Eden (disambiguation)
• Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon, wife of Sir Anthony Eden
• David Eden, a producer of professional bass guitar sound amplification equipment
• Eleanor Eden, society beauty
• Emily Eden, novelist
• Frederick Eden (disambiguation)
• George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, a British politician
• Harry Eden, a British actor
• Harry Eden, Australian rugby league player
• Jaap Eden, a Dutch athlete
• Mark Eden, a British actor
• Michael Eden, an Australian rugby league player
• Mike Eden, former major league baseball player for the San Francisco Giants
• Robert John Eden, 3rd Baron Auckland, a Bishop of Bath and Wells
• Roger Edens, a Hollywood composer and arranger
• Simone Eden, an American model and actress
• William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, a British diplomat

"Eden" is the third single from Belgian group Hooverphonic's album Blue Wonder Power Milk released in 1998 (see 1998 in music). The album peaked at 12 on the Belgian singles chart, charting for 13 weeks. The song also appeared on the soundtrack of I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.

Eden is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, in the city of Auckland.

Eden is a 1976 play by American playwright Steve Carter. Set in the 1920s, it is the first of Carter's Caribbean trilogy. Eden explores intra-racial conflicts between recent immigrants from the Caribbean and the African-American population. The West Coast premiere of this critically acclaimed play received five Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards.

Eden is located in Gardner, Louisiana. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 5, 1984.

is a free manga and light novel web magazine published by Mag Garden and distributed by Yahoo! Comics Japan. It was launched on September 18, 2009. The magazine ran under the previous name before it was changed on October 10, 2010. EDEN (short for Everybody Delightful Entertainment Network) distributes original manga and light novel content, while Blade Comic Archive redistributes selected works published from Monthly Comic Blade to be viewed online for a limited time. The development of the web magazine also led Mag Garden to collaborate on a joint project with Toei Animation.

Eden is a concept album released in 2011 by the German band Faun.

Eden is a British reality television series that aired on Channel 4 in Spring 2002. The contestants who were all under 30 had to survive in a remote area of the Australian jungle.

Their numbers were augmented each week by a newcomer selected by the viewers. In the latter part of the series the newcomer then had to select candidates for eviction.

The contestants were able to receive email from viewers which led to conflict when negative remarks by incoming contestant Romany Paige were reported to their subject.

The series was eventually won by one of the six original contestants, Cliona O'Connor.

The only contestants to achieve subsequent recognition have been Crimewatch presenter Rav Wilding who actually quit before the end of the series and Johny Pitts, the only male Edenite to last the duration of the show, who went on to present CD:UK, and then for MTV and currently CBBC.

Although the show did not return for a second series, it did have some influence. I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, first broadcast later in 2002, was set in a similar location and it was the first reality show to send in a contestant's real-life partner to spice up the drama, a device used subsequently in Back to Reality, Big Brother and Ex on the Beach.

Eden is an English-language newspaper published from Mile II Limbe, Cameroon. It is published by Senior journalist Chief Zachee Nzohngandembou under the CERUT (Centre for Rural Transformation) non-governmental organization. It was created in 2004 and has since been operating as a bi-weekly newspaper with publications on Mondays and Wednesdays. Its news articles extensively cover the entire national triangle of Cameroon, with stringing reports from other countries in the world.

Besides the newspaper, CERUT has Eden radio FM 98.1, Limbe, Sunday Eden, and Eden eXtra Magazine. Some of Eden's reporters include Ntungwe Elias Ngalame and Ndi Eugine Ndi (Yaounde Bureau), Ayang Macdonald Okumb (Buea Bureau), Ignatius Nji and Philo Happi (Bamenda Bureau), Jude Njinjuh (Kumba Bureau), Kowac Kum Kemayo Bandolo (Roving Reporter) as well as Solomon Tembang, the Desk Editor.

Eden were an Israeli vocal group active between 1998 and 2001, consisting of Doren Oren, Rafael Dahan and brothers Gabriel and Eddie Butler. They are known primarily for their participation in the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest.

Eden were chosen by internal selection to represent Israel in the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest with the song " Yom Huledet (Happy Birthday)". As a result of Dana International's Eurovision victory the previous year, the 1999 contest was held on their home ground in Jerusalem on 29 May, when "Yom Huledet (Happy Birthday)" finished in a respectable fifth place of the 23 entries. The group were not able to capitalise on their Eurovision appearance, and disbanded in 2001. Member Eddie Butler went on to represent Israel as a solo artist in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006.

Eden is an Irish play, written by Eugene O'Brien in 2001. It premiered at the Peacock Theatre/ Abbey Theatre in Dublin, and very successfully was put on in the West End of London and Broadway in New York City. In 2001 the play won the Irish Times Best New Play of the Year Award and Stewart Parker Prize.

Eden (Abduction of Eden) is a 2012 American dramatic film about human trafficking. It was directed by Megan Griffiths, who co-wrote the screenplay with Richard B. Phillips and stars Jamie Chung, Matt O'Leary and Beau Bridges. The film was produced by Colin Harper Plank and Jacob Mosler through Plank's Centripetal Films production company. It was inspired by the story of Chong Kim, who claims that she was kidnapped and sold into a domestic human trafficking ring in the mid 1990s. It had its world premiere at the 2012 South by Southwest Film Festival.

In 2014, the non-profit organization Breaking Out claimed they had investigated Kim's story and concluded it was false and aimed to defraud charitable organizations.

Eden was a Dark Wave band that was formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1987, by Pieter Bourke, Sean Bowley and Ross Healy.

Eden is a 2014 French drama film directed by Mia Hansen-Løve and co-written with Sven Hansen-Løve. The film stars Félix de Givry and Pauline Etienne. The film premiered in the Special Presentations section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. It was also screened in the 52nd edition of the New York Film Festival and the BFI London Film Festival. The film's U.S. theatrical release was 19 June 2015.

Eden is a 2006 German film directed by Michael Hofmann in which a successful chef falls for a married woman.

is the 31st single by Japanese singer and voice actress Nana Mizuki, released on January 14, 2015 by King Records.

The full version MV wasn't released on YouTube; instead, it was included on Nana Clips 7.

Eden (2014) is a crime novel by Australian author Candice Fox. It won the Ned Kelly Award in 2015 for Best Novel.

Eden is the feature film debut for commercial director Shyam Madiraju. The film stars Ethan Peck, Nate Parker, Jessica Lowndes, Diego Boneta, James Remar, and Sung Kang.

Eden is a British reality TV series, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 18 July 2016. It features 23 participants living for a year in a remote part of Scotland, attempting to build a self-sufficient community. Filmed by the participants themselves, production began in March 2016.

Eden is a South African pop band. Originally made up of Jay, Paulo, Johan and Sean, the band debuted during the popular South African Aardklop Festival followed by a tour all over South Africa releasing their album In in 1997. After Sean Else left in 2006, the boy band continued as a trio. Since 2003, the band has released three more albums, Point of No Return (2003), Eden (2006) and Knieë Lam (2008), a live DVD Live at The Mardi Gras (2008) and a compilation album Dekade (2009). They are signed to Coleske Artists.

The debut was with the limited edition album release titled In on the local label Volstruis Plate. The official national debut release was the album Point of No Return on Select Music / Jukebox Records / Coleske Artists / Sony Music / Sheer. It was a huge hit that went three times platinum in South Africa The self-titled album Eden on Coleske Artists went double platinum. Eden sings a variety of power pop and soft melody ballads, both in Afrikaans language and in English, the latter mostly comprising covers of well-known hits.

Eden Kuriakose is an Indian film actress who appears in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. She made her acting debut in 2013 with the Tamil film Aandava Perumal and got her career break through the 2014 Tamil supernatural romantic comedy Irukku Aana Illai. Her next film is a Tamil-Malayalam bilingual titled Ini Varum Naatkal in Tamil and Girls in Malayalam. The film features only female artists and is the first all-women film in Indian cinema. It is directed by Thulasidas. She has also been roped in to play the female lead in upcoming Tamil multi-starrer titled Nach.

Jonathon Ng (born December 23, 1995) is an Irish electronic music producer and singer-songwriter based in Dublin. He currently releases music under the alias EDEN, and formerly operated as The Eden Project. Ng's work as The Eden Project featured more conventional styles of electronic dance music such dubstep and drum and bass, until he began venturing into a more indie pop-oriented style and changed his alias to EDEN in April 2015.

Ng released over 40 tracks as The Eden Project including 5 EP's, as well as several remixes. As EDEN, he launched his own record label, known as MCMXCV, and released his debut EP End Credits, whose tracks have amassed a total of more than 4.5 million plays on SoundCloud. He is also known for a number of collaborations with other artists and has been featured on various labels as a result.