Eden
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Eden may refer to:
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- Garden of EdenGarden of EdenThe Garden of Eden is in the Bible's Book of Genesis as being the place where the first man, Adam, and his wife, Eve, lived after they were created by God. Literally, the Bible speaks about a garden in Eden...
, a place described in the biblical book of Genesis
Film and television
- Eden (Aladdin), a character from the Aladdin television series
- Eden (TV channel), a digital television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom
- Eden (1993 TV series), a 1993 cable based television drama starring Barbara Alyn WoodsBarbara Alyn WoodsBarbara Alyn Woods is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in One Tree Hill, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, and Striptease.-Filmography:...
- Eden (TV series)Eden (TV series)Eden was a Channel 4 reality TV series broadcast 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...
, a 2002 British reality television series. - Eden (2001 film), a 2001 film directed by Amos GitaiAmos GitaiAmos Gitai , born 11 October 1950 in Haifa, Israel, is an Israeli filmmaker and director. He is mainly known for making documentaries and experimental / minimalist feature films...
based on Arthur Miller's novel Homely Girl - Eden Lord, antagonist of Nip/Tuck's Season 5
- Eden of the EastEden of the Eastis a Japanese anime television series, which premiered on Fuji TV's noitaminA timeslot on April 9, 2009. Created, directed and written by Kenji Kamiyama, it features character designs by Chika Umino and animation production by Production I.G...
, a 2009 anime series - East of Eden (film), a 1955 film loosely based on the novel by John Steinbeck
- Exit To Eden (film)Exit To Eden (film)Exit to Eden is a 1994 American comedy-thriller loosely based on the Anne Rice novel of the same name, directed by Garry Marshall and adapted to the screen by Deborah Amelon and Bob Brunner. The original music score was composed by Patrick Doyle....
, a 1994 American feature film loosely based on the Anne Rice novel - In Search of Eden, a 2002 documentary written and presented by David RohlDavid RohlNew Chronology is the term used to describe an alternative Chronology of the ancient Near East developed by English Egyptologist David Rohl and other researchers beginning with A Test of Time: The Bible - from Myth to History in 1995...
- The First EdenThe First EdenThe First Eden: The Mediterranean World and Man is a BBC documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 8 March 1987....
: The Mediterranean World and Man, a 1987 documentary series by David Attenborough - "The Way to Eden", a Season 3 episode of Star Trek: The Original Series
- New Eden, a fictional place in the film Doom RunnersDoom RunnersDoom Runners is an Australian science fiction television children's film.The story concerns a group of children in a post-apocalyptic world searching for the last unpolluted place on Earth, New Eden. However, the Doom Troopers , led by Dr. Kao , want to get there first and will do anything to stop...
Games
- Eden EternalEden EternalEden Eternal, also known as in Taiwan or in China and Hong Kong, is a free to play anime styled MMORPG developed by and published by Aeria Games...
, a free-to-play anime styled MMORPGMMORPGMassively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world.... - Eden GamesEden GamesEden Games is a game development studio. In May 2002, the company was sold to the Infogrames Group. It is most well known for the V-Rally series of games, as well as the 2006 release Test Drive Unlimited. They have most recently developed Test Drive Unlimited 2, which was released in February 2011...
, a game developer studio - Project EdenProject EdenProject Eden is a video game for the PC and PlayStation 2 released in 2001. It is a hybrid between first- and third-person shooter with an emphasis on teamwork and puzzle solving over combat...
, a first/third-person shooter published by Eidos - Lost EdenLost EdenLost Eden is an adventure game produced by Cryo Interactive and published by Virgin Interactive in March 1995 for the PC running DOS, Macintosh, 3DO and CD-i . It is set in a world where humans and dinosaurs coexist. In it, one plays the human character Adam, and is accompanied by a number of...
, an adventure game set in a world where humans and dinosaurs coexist, published by Cryo Interactive - PixelJunk EdenPixelJunk EdenPixelJunk Eden is a video game developed by Q-Games for the PlayStation 3. The third game in the PixelJunk series, it was released on the PlayStation Store on July 31, 2008 worldwide. A demo of the game was released on July 25, 2008...
, an organic platformer in the PixelJunk series from developer Q-Games - Far East of Eden, a popular series of RPG games developed by Hudson Soft
- The MMOPRG Eve OnlineEVE OnlineEve Online is a video game by CCP Games. It is a player-driven, persistent-world MMORPG set in a science fiction space setting. Characters pilot customizable ships through a galaxy of over 7,500 star systems. Most star systems are connected to one or more other star systems by means of stargates...
is set up in a world called New Eden - Eden world builderEden World BuilderEden is a game for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. It was developed by Kingly Games and released on December 6, 2010.-The game:Eden has been compared to games such Minecraft, Infiniminer and Blockland. In the Game players must place blocks to make structures such as buildings and trees. There is no...
an IOSIOSiOS is an operating system for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, and Apple TV.IOS may also refer to:-Companies and organisations:* Illinois Ornithological Society, American state-based bird club...
game which is similar to minecraft.
Literature
- EDEN (Mag Garden), an online manga magazine published by Mag Garden
- Eden (novel)Eden (novel)Eden is a 1959 science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem. It was first published in English in 1989 .-Plot:A starship crew – a captain, a doctor, an engineer and a chemist, a physicist and a cyberneticist – crash land for an unknown reason on an alien world they call Eden...
, a 1959 novel by Stanisław Lem - Eden (play)Eden (play)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...
, a 1976 play by Steve Carter - Eden*, a Japanese adult visual novel by Minori
- Eden: It's an Endless World!, a manga comic by Hiroki Endo
- East of Eden (novel), a 1952 novel by John Steinbeck
- Exit to EdenExit to EdenExit to Eden is a novel by Anne Rice, initially published in 1985 under the pen name Anne Rampling, but subsequently under Rice's name.The novel explores the subject of BDSM in romance novel form. The novel also brought attention to Rice's published works that differed from the type of writing she...
, a novel by Anne Rice - Martin EdenMartin EdenMartin Eden is a novel by American author Jack London, about a proletarian young autodidact struggling to become a writer. It was first serialized in the Pacific Monthly magazine from September 1908 to September 1909, and subsequently published in book form by Macmillan in September 1909.This book...
, a novel by Jack London
Music
- Eden (band)Eden (band)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....
, an Israeli boyband who participated in the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest - EDEN (German band), a GermanGermansThe Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
ChristianChristianA Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
Progressive RockProgressive rockProgressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band. (1978 - 1984) - "Eden" (song)Eden (song)"Eden" is the third single from Belgian group Hooverphonic's album Blue Wonder Power Milk released in 1998 . The album peaked at 12 on the Belgian Music charts, charting for 13 weeks...
, a song by Hooverphonic - Eden (Akino Arai album), an album by Akino AraiAkino Araiis a Japanese singer, song-writer, and lyricist, best known for her works in anime such as Outlaw Star, Noir, Macross Plus, and many others....
- Eden (Étienne Daho album), an album by Étienne DahoÉtienne DahoÉtienne Daho is a French singer, songwriter and record producer who has released a number of synth-driven and rock-surf influenced pop hit singles since 1981.- Career :...
- Eden (Everything but the Girl album)Eden (Everything but the Girl album)Eden is the debut album by Everything But The Girl, released in 1984. It contains their first UK Top 30 entry, the #28 hit "Each and Every One"...
- Eden (Luna Sea album)Eden (Luna Sea album)Eden is the third album by Luna Sea, released on April 21, 1993. It reached number five on the Oricon chart. The album versions of "Believe" and "In My Dream " are slightly different than the single's...
- Eden (Sarah Brightman album)Eden (Sarah Brightman album)Eden is a 1998 album by English soprano Sarah Brightman. It was released under license by Nemo Studios to Angel Records.Like Brightman's later album, La Luna, Eden juxtaposed mostly English pop songs with mostly Italian opera songs. This was a departure from her previous albums which was almost...
- Eden, the stage name for Fiona Russell-PowellFiona Russell-PowellFiona Russell Powell is a British journalist. She is best known for her series of interviews throughout the 1980s in The Face magazine. For a brief period in the mid 1980s, she performed with the pop group ABC in videos and onstage to support their cartoon-synth album How to Be a...Zillionaire!...
when she performed with the band ABC - Eden Electronics, a bass amplification company
- Eden FireEden FireEden Fire is the debut album by Swedish melodic death metal band Sonic Syndicate. It is their first and only album to be released through the American record label, Pivotal Rockordings. The album was recorded and mixed at Studiomega from February 2005 to June 2005 by Christian Silver and Manne...
an album by Swedish metal band Sonic Syndicate - Eden StudiosEden StudiosEden Studios was a commercial recording facility in west London. It opened in 1967, originally at 11 Eden Street in Kingston upon Thames, before moving to 20-24 Beaumont Road in Chiswick in 1972. It was started by Philip Love, Mike Gardner and Piers Ford-Crush. Love and Gardner owned the studio and...
, a recording studio in West London - Attics to EdenAttics to EdenDigital bonus tracksJapan bonus track-Personnel:* Nathan Leone – lead vocals* Mateo Camargo – guitar, backing vocals* Matthew Leone – bass guitar, backing vocals* Dan Torelli – drums, percussion-Release history:-"Never Take Us Alive":...
, an album by American band Madina Lake - Lost Eden (band)Lost Eden (band)Lost Eden were a Japanese melodic death metal/trance metal band. Forming in 2000, they released their first album Cycle Repeats on Candlelight Records in 2006 and has since gained international attention...
, a Japanese Melodic Death Metal Band - "In the Nightside of Eden", a song by Finnish band HIM from the album Dark Light
- Eden", a song by Phil Wickham from the album Heaven & EarthHeaven & Earth (Phil Wickham album)Heaven & Earth is the fourth studio album by American Christian & gospel singer Phil Wickham, released on November 10, 2009. The album debuted on #4 on Billboard's Hot Christian Albums chart after selling nearly 14k albums with more than 40 percent of album sales in digital, making his highest...
Computing
- EDEN (computing), the Engine for Definitive Notations, used in model building for empirical modelling
- VIA EdenVIA EdenVIA Eden is a name of a variant of VIA's C3/C7 processors, designed to be used in embedded devices. They have smaller package sizes, lower power consumption, and somewhat lower computing performance than their C equivalents, due to reduced clock rates...
, a central processing unit family
Places
In Australia:- Eden, New South WalesEden, New South WalesEden is a coastal town in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The town, south of the state capital Sydney near the border with Victoria, is located between Nullica Bay to the south and Calle Calle Bay, the northern reach of Twofold Bay, and built on undulating land adjacent to a...
- Electoral district of EdenElectoral district of EdenEden was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1859 to 1894, including the town of Eden. From 1880 to 1894 it elected two members, with voters casting two votes and the first two candidates being elected...
- Electoral district of Eden
In England:
- Eden, CumbriaEden, CumbriaEden is a local government district in Cumbria, England. Its council is based in Penrith. It is named after the River Eden which flows north through the district toward Carlisle....
In New Zealand:
- Eden TerraceEden TerraceEden Terrace is an inner city suburb of Auckland, located 2 km south of the Auckland CBD, in the North Island of New Zealand.Eden Terrace is under the local governance of the Auckland City Council. According to the 2006 census, Eden Terrace has a population of 1,965- Origins :During the early...
, a suburb of Auckland - Mount EdenMount EdenMount Eden is the name of a cinder cone and surrounding suburb in Auckland City, New Zealand, situated five kilometres south of the city centre. The mountain is the highest natural point in the whole of Auckland...
, a suburb of Auckland
In Northern Ireland:
- Eden, County AntrimEden, County AntrimEden is a residential settlement on the eastern edge of Carrickfergus in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, located within a larger electoral ward area of the same name...
, a village in County Antrim
In South Africa:
- Eden District MunicipalityEden District MunicipalityThe Eden District Municipality is a district municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Its municipality code is DC4.-Adjacent municipalities:* Central Karoo District Municipality...
In the United States:
- Eden, IdahoEden, IdahoEden is a city in Jerome County, Idaho, United States. The population was 405 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Twin Falls, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Eden is located at ....
- Eden, IndianaEden, IndianaEden is an unincorporated town in Green Township, Hancock County, Indiana....
- Eden, KansasEden, KansasEden is a small unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas, United States about 5 miles west and 5 miles north of Atchison. It lies at the present-day intersection of Labette Rd, 322nd Rd, and 326th Rd....
- Eden, MarylandEden, MarylandEden is a census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. The population was 793 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Eden is located at ....
- Eden, MississippiEden, MississippiEden is a village in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 126 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Eden is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....
- Eden, New YorkEden, New YorkEden is a town located south of Buffalo, in Erie County, New York, USA. The population was 8,076 at the 2000 census. The basis for choosing the town's name is unknown....
- Eden, North CarolinaEden, North CarolinaEden is a city in Rockingham County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 15,908 at the 2000 census. The city was incorporated in 1967 through the consolidation of three separate towns: Leaksville, Spray, and Draper....
- Eden, South DakotaEden, South DakotaEden is a town in Marshall County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 89 at the 2010 census. Eden was founded at its current site in 1914...
- Eden, TexasEden, TexasEden is a city in Concho County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,561 at the 2000 census. Approximately one-half of the population consists of inmates housed at the Eden Detention Center, a for-profit prison operated by Corrections Corporation of America under contract with the Federal...
- Eden, UtahEden, UtahEden is a census-designated place in Weber County, Utah, United States. It lies between the North and Middle Fork of the Ogden River, north of Pineview Reservoir. The elevation is . The population was 600 at the 2010 census...
- Eden, VermontEden, VermontEden is a town in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,152 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 64.3 square miles , of which 63.6 square miles is land and 0.7 square mile is water...
- Eden, WisconsinEden, WisconsinEden is a village in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 687 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Eden.-Geography:Eden is located at ....
- Eden, WyomingEden, WyomingEden is a census-designated place in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 388 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Eden is located at ....
- Eden (Gardner, Louisiana)Eden (Gardner, Louisiana)Eden is located in Gardner, Louisiana. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 5, 1984....
, listed on the NRHP in Louisiana - Eden, Wisconsin (disambiguation)
- Eden Township (disambiguation)
Geographic landforms
- Eden WaterEden WaterEden Water is a tributary of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. "Water" is the Lowland Scots term for a small river.The Eden Burn rises to the east of Lauder at Corsbie Moor. The Eden Water passes Bassendean village and Bassendean House and the hamlets of Fawside and Mack's...
, a tributary of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, Scotland - Mount EdenMount EdenMount Eden is the name of a cinder cone and surrounding suburb in Auckland City, New Zealand, situated five kilometres south of the city centre. The mountain is the highest natural point in the whole of Auckland...
, a volcano in Auckland, New Zealand - River Eden, CumbriaRiver Eden, CumbriaThe River Eden is a river that flows through Cumbria, England on its way to the Solway Firth.-Course of river:The Eden rises in Black Fell Moss, Mallerstang, on the high ground between High Seat, Yorkshire Dales and Hugh Seat. Here it forms the boundary between the counties of Cumbria and North...
, England - River Eden, KentRiver Eden, KentThe River Eden in West Kent is a tributary of the River Medway. It travels through the Weald of Kent from the border with Surrey, rising from the source in Titsey parish, Surrey, grid reference TQ 420 551, about 350 metres north of Clacket Lane motorway services, and flowing...
, England - River Eden, FifeRiver Eden, FifeThe River Eden is a river in Fife in Scotland, and is one of Fife's two principal rivers, along with the Leven. It is nearly 30 miles long and has a fall of around 90 metres...
, Scotland
Institutions or landmarks
- Camp Eden, a Danish military base near al-Qurnah, Iraq closed in 2004
- Eden, High WycombeEden, High WycombeEden is a shopping and entertainment complex in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire in the south east of England. With a floor area of , it is the 28th largest shopping centre in the United Kingdom and the largest in the surrounding area....
, a large shopping centre in Buckinghamshire, England - Eden FoundationEden FoundationThe Eden Foundation is a Sweden-based charitable foundation focusing on utilization of useful plant species.Since 1987, Eden has been running a project in Tanout, in the Zinder Department of Niger, just south of the Sahara desert, helping the farmers and their families achieve a sustainable life...
, a development project in West Africa - Eden House, a detention unit for mentally challenged children established in 1982 within the boundaries of the Child and Parent Resource Institute in London, Ontario, Canada
- Eden ProjectEden ProjectThe Eden Project is a visitor attraction in Cornwall in the United Kingdom, including the world's largest greenhouse. Inside the artificial biomes are plants that are collected from all around the world....
, an environmental project in Cornwall, England - Eden Theological SeminaryEden Theological SeminaryEden Theological Seminary is a seminary of the United Church of Christ in Webster Groves, Missouri, near St. Louis, Missouri.The seminary was established in 1850 by German pastors in what was then the American frontier. The pastors soon formed the German Evangelical Synod of North America. This,...
, a seminary of the United Church of Christ - Edens ExpresswayEdens ExpresswayThe Edens Expressway is the main major expressway north from the city of Chicago. For most of its length, the Edens carries Interstate 94; it also carries U.S. Route 41 from Wilmette to its northern terminus. Only the short portion from the Spur Ramp to the expressway's end in Highland Park does...
, an expressway north of Chicago, Illinois - European Distance and E-learning NetworkEuropean Distance and E-learning NetworkThe European Distance and E-Learning Network, abbreviated EDEN and originally named the European Distance Education Network, established in 1991, is an international educational association open to institutions and individuals dealing with e-learning, Open education, open and distance education...
, abbreviated EDEN
Sport
- Eden AFC, a former New Zealand association football club
- Eden GardensEden GardensEden Gardens is a cricket ground in Kolkata , India. It is the home of the Bengal cricket team and the Indian Premier League's Kolkata Knight Riders, as well as being a Test and One Day International ground. It is the largest cricket stadium in India by seating capacity...
, a sports stadium in Kolkata, India - Eden ParkEden ParkEden Park is the biggest stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. It is used primarily for rugby union in winter and cricket in summer . The ground also occasionally hostts rugby league matches. To accommodate all three sports, the cricket pitch is removable...
, a sports stadium in Auckland, New Zealand - Synot Tip Arena, also known as Stadion Eden, Slavia Prague's football stadium
Other uses
- MBDBMBDBMethylbenzodioxolylbutanamine is an entactogen of the phenethylamine chemical class. MBDB is a closely related chemical analogue of MDMA, with the only difference between the two molecules being an ethyl group instead of a methyl group attached to the alpha carbon.MBDB was first synthesized by...
, a psychedelic drug also known as EDEN - Education Data Exchange NetworkEducation Data Exchange NetworkThe Education Data Exchange Network is a set of K-12 statistical reports gathered from state agencies by the US Department of Education....
(EDEN) - Eden growth modelEden growth modelThe Eden growth model describes the growth of specific types of clusters such as bacterial colonies and deposition of materials. These clusters grow by random accumulation of material on their boundary. These are also an example of a surface fractal....
, a mode of aggregate growth - Eden Organic, an organic food company
- ChlordiazepoxideChlordiazepoxideChlordiazepoxide, is a sedative/hypnotic drug and benzodiazepine. It is marketed under the trade names Angirex, Klopoxid, Librax , Libritabs, Librium, Mesural, Multum, Novapam, Risolid, Silibrin, Sonimen and Tropium.Chlordiazepoxide was the first benzodiazepine to be synthesised and...
, by the trade nameTrade nameA trade name, also known as a trading name or a business name, is the name which a business trades under for commercial purposes, although its registered, legal name, used for contracts and other formal situations, may be another....
Eden
See also
- Aden (disambiguation)Aden (disambiguation)-Given name:* Osman Aden Abdulle, Somali physician and geneticist* Qamar Aden Ali, Somali politician* Aden Robleh Awaleh, Djiboutian politician* Aden Charmakeh, Djiboutian footballer* Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, the first president of Somalia...
- EDUNEDUNEDUN was launched in Spring 2005 by Ali Hewson and her husband, U2 singer Bono as a for-profit fashion brand with a mission to encourage trade with Africa and raise awareness of the possibilities there....
, an Irish fashion company started by Bono, Ali Hewson, and Rogan Gregory