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Para·dise (parə dīs′, -dīz′)

noun

  1. the garden of Eden
  2. the abode of the righteous after death; abode of God and the blessed; heaven
    1. any place of great beauty and perfection
    2. any place or condition of great satisfaction, happiness, or delight

Etymology: ME paradis < OE & OFr, both < LL(Ec) paradisus, heaven, abode of the blessed < L, park, orchard < Gr paradeisos, park, garden (in N.T. & LXX, Paradise) < Iran *pardez, akin to Avestan pairi-daēza, enclosure < pairi, around (see peri-) + daēza, a wall < IE base *dheigh-, to knead clay: see dough

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Para·dise (parə dīs′, -dīz′)

city in SE Nev., near Las Vegas: pop. 186,000

Etymology: descriptive

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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