Paradise
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Paradise \Par"a*dise\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*d[imac]s), n. [OE. & F.
paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise,
fr. Zend pairida[=e]za an inclosure; pairi around (akin to
Gr. peri`) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear,
and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.]
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1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed
after their creation.
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2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.
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To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke
xxiii. 43.
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It sounds to him like her mother's voice,
Singing in Paradise. --Longfellow.
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3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
hence, a state of happiness.
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The earth
Shall be all paradise. --Milton.
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Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
--Beaconsfield.
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4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a
church, as the space within a cloister, the open court
before a basilica, etc.
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5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
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{Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}.
{Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under
{Pepper}.
{Paradise bird}. (Zool.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among
the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina
superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and
the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The
long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[ae]}) also include
some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired
paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow,
and white, with six long breast feathers on each side,
ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise}
in the Vocabulary.
{Paradise fish} (Zool.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish
({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins. It is
often kept alive as an ornamental fish.
{Paradise flycatcher} (Zool.), any flycatcher of the genus
{Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely
elongated. The adult male of {Terpsiphone paradisi} is
white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested.
{Paradise grackle} (Zool.), a very beautiful bird of New
Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety
plumage with brilliant metallic tints.
{Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}.
[Local, U. S.]
{Paradise whidah bird}. (Zool.) See {Whidah}.
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from
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Paradise
a Persian word (pardes), properly meaning a "pleasure-ground" or
"park" or "king's garden." (See {EDEN}.) It came in
course of time to be used as a name for the world of happiness
and rest hereafter (Luke 23:43; 2 Cor. 12:4; Rev. 2:7). For
"garden" in Gen. 2:8 the LXX. has "paradise."
from
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Paradise, CA (town, FIPS 55520)
Location: 39.75641 N, 121.60433 W
Population (1990): 25408 (11633 housing units)
Area: 48.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 95969
Paradise, KS (city, FIPS 54325)
Location: 39.11455 N, 98.91756 W
Population (1990): 66 (36 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 67658
Paradise, MI
Zip code(s): 49768
Paradise, NV (CDP, FIPS 54600)
Location: 36.08082 N, 115.13360 W
Population (1990): 124682 (63924 housing units)
Area: 123.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Paradise, PA (CDP, FIPS 57840)
Location: 40.00677 N, 76.12230 W
Population (1990): 1043 (374 housing units)
Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 17562
Paradise, TX
Zip code(s): 76073
Paradise, UT (town, FIPS 57850)
Location: 41.56761 N, 111.83321 W
Population (1990): 561 (173 housing units)
Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 84328
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Paradise, MT -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Montana
Population (2000): 184
Housing Units (2000): 103
Land area (2000): 0.239980 sq. miles (0.621545 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.239980 sq. miles (0.621545 sq. km)
FIPS code: 56425
Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30
Location: 47.388097 N, 114.800723 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Paradise, MT
Paradise
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Paradise, NV -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Nevada
Population (2000): 186070
Housing Units (2000): 85398
Land area (2000): 47.138412 sq. miles (122.087922 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 47.138412 sq. miles (122.087922 sq. km)
FIPS code: 54600
Located within: Nevada (NV), FIPS 32
Location: 36.082073 N, 115.124654 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Paradise, NV
Paradise
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Paradise, CA -- U.S. town in California
Population (2000): 26408
Housing Units (2000): 12374
Land area (2000): 18.249112 sq. miles (47.264982 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000422 sq. miles (0.001092 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 18.249534 sq. miles (47.266074 sq. km)
FIPS code: 55520
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 39.761708 N, 121.608716 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 95969
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Paradise, CA
Paradise
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Paradise, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 1028
Housing Units (2000): 386
Land area (2000): 1.132943 sq. miles (2.934308 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.029187 sq. miles (0.075595 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.162130 sq. miles (3.009903 sq. km)
FIPS code: 57840
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.009469 N, 76.124781 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 17562
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Paradise, PA
Paradise
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Paradise, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 64
Housing Units (2000): 36
Land area (2000): 0.254176 sq. miles (0.658313 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.254176 sq. miles (0.658313 sq. km)
FIPS code: 54325
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 39.115445 N, 98.917428 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67658
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Paradise, KS
Paradise
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Paradise, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 459
Housing Units (2000): 184
Land area (2000): 1.988793 sq. miles (5.150949 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.988793 sq. miles (5.150949 sq. km)
FIPS code: 55056
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 33.150683 N, 97.688311 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 76073
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Paradise, TX
Paradise
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Paradise, UT -- U.S. town in Utah
Population (2000): 759
Housing Units (2000): 231
Land area (2000): 1.109917 sq. miles (2.874672 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.109917 sq. miles (2.874672 sq. km)
FIPS code: 57850
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 41.567540 N, 111.833980 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 84328
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Paradise, UT
Paradise
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
166 Moby Thesaurus words for "paradise":
Agapemone, Arcadia, Avalon, Big Rock-Candy Mountain, Canaan,
Celestial City, City of God, Civitas Dei, Cloudcuckooland,
Cockaigne, Eden, Eldorado, Elysium, Erewhon, Garden of Eden,
Goshen, Happy Valley, Indian reservation, Japanese garden,
Land of Beulah, Land of Youth, Laputa, Never-Never-land, Neverland,
New Atlantis, New Jerusalem, Pandemonium, Quivira, Shangri-la,
Utopia, Valhalla, Zion, alpine garden, arboretum, arcadia,
archives, auditorium, balcony, bank, beatification, beatitude, bed,
bewitchment, bird sanctuary, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness,
bog garden, border, botanical garden, box, box seat, cheer,
cheerfulness, cloud nine, cloudland, common, commons, delectation,
delight, dreamland, dress circle, dry garden, dystopia, ecstasy,
ecstatics, elation, elysium, empyrean, enchantment, exaltation,
exhilaration, exuberance, faerie, fairyland, fauteuil, felicity,
flower bed, flower garden, forest preserve, gaiety, gallery,
game reserve, garden, garden spot, gladness, glee, grape ranch,
grapery, happiness, happy hunting ground, heaven, heavenly kingdom,
herbarium, high spirits, hortus siccus, intoxication, jardin, joy,
joyance, joyfulness, kakotopia, kingdom come, kitchen garden,
land of dreams, land of enchantment, land of faerie,
land of plenty, land of promise, library, loge, lotus land,
market garden, millennium, museum, national forest, national park,
nigger heaven, nirvana, orchestra, orchestra circle,
ornamental garden, overhappiness, overjoyfulness, park, parquet,
parquet circle, parterre, peanut gallery, pinetum, pit, pleasance,
pleasure garden, pleasure ground, preserve, promised land,
proscenium boxes, public park, rapture, ravishment, reservation,
reserve, rock garden, roof garden, sanctuary, seventh heaven,
shrubbery, stall, standing room, state forest, store,
sunken garden, sunshine, tea garden, theatre stall, transport,
truck garden, unalloyed happiness, utopia, vegetable garden,
victory garden, vinery, vineyard, wilderness preserve,
wildlife preserve, wonderland
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "Paradise":
Beulah, Beulah Land, Heaven, Land of Beulah, a better place,
afterlife, afterworld, better world, destiny, eternal home,
eternity, fate, future state, glory, happy hunting ground,
heaven above, heavenly kingdom, high heaven, home, kingdom come,
kingdom of God, kingdom of glory, kingdom of heaven,
life after death, life to come, next world, otherworld,
postexistence, presence of God, realm of light, the Promised Land,
the beyond, the good hereafter, the grave, the great beyond,
the great hereafter, the happy land, the hereafter, the unknown,
the world above, what bodes, what is fated, world to come
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