Paradise

See also: paradise

English

Etymology

From paradise.

The town in Newfoundland is named after Houmet Paradis near Guernsey.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pă'rədīs, IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹ.ə.daɪs/
• Hyphenation: Par‧a‧dise
• Rhymes: -æɹədaɪs
• Homophone: paradise

Proper noun

Paradise

1. (religion) Heaven.
2. (religion) The Garden of Eden.
3. A town in Grenada.
4. A village in Suriname.
5. A settlement on the island of Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona.
   2. A town in Butte County, California.
   3. A census-designated place in Mono County, California.
   4. A city in Kansas.
   5. A census-designated place in Montana.
   6. An unincorporated town and census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.
   7. A township and census-designated place therein, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
   8. A city in Texas.
   9. A town in Utah.
   10. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Paradise Township.
7. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
8. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
9. A rural locality north of Glenorchy, Otago, New Zealand.
10. A number of places in England:
    1. A hamlet in Askam and Ireleth parish, Barrow-in-Furness district, Cumbria (OS grid ref SD2278).
    2. A hamlet in Painswick parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8611).
    3. A suburb of Hemel Hempstead, Dacorum district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL0506).
    4. A small riverside suburb in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ2163).
    5. A neighbourhood in central Birmingham, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP0686).
    6. A northern suburb of Coventry, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP3481).

Synonyms

• (Heaven): Heaven
• (Garden of Eden): Eden, Garden of Eden

Derived terms

• grains of paradise

Translations

Heaven

• Arabic: اَلْفِرْدَوْس f (al-firdaws)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܦܪܕܝܣܐ m (pardaysā), ܫܡܝܐ c (šəmayyā)

  Jewish Aramaic: פַּרְדֵּיסָא m (pardêsā)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天堂 (zh) (tiāntáng), 天國／天国 (zh) (tiānguó)

• Dutch: Paradijs n
• Estonian: taevas (et)
• Finnish: taivas (fi)
• French: paradis (fr) m
• German: Himmel (de) m, Paradies (de) n
• Irish: parthas
• Italian: Paradiso m
• Japanese: 天国 (ja) (てんごく, tengoku)
• Maori: Pararaiha
• Norman: Paradis m
• Occitan: Paradis m
• Old English: hēofon m, neorxnawang m, paradīs m
• Pashto: جنت (ps) m (ǰanat), هسک (ps) m (hask), فردوس m (firdaws)
• Portuguese: Paraíso (pt) m
• Russian: рай (ru) m (raj), небеса́ (ru) n pl (nebesá)
• Swahili: pepo (sw)
• Thai: สวรรค์ (th) (sà-wǎn), สรวงสวรรค์ (sŭang sàwăn)

the Garden of Eden

• Arabic: اَلْفِرْدَوْس f (al-firdaws)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܦܪܕܝܣܐ ܕܥܕܢ m (pardaysā ḏa-ʿəḏen)

• Finnish: paratiisi (fi)
• French: paradis (fr) m, paradis terrestre (fr) m
• Italian: Paradiso terrestre m
• Japanese: エデンの園 (えでんのその, Eden no sono)
• Ngazidja Comorian: mpvepvo class 9
• Old English: neorxnawang m, paradīs m
• Portuguese: Paraíso (pt) m
• Thai: สวนอีเดน (sŭan eeden)

Anagrams

• Paradesi