different between sanctuary vs eden

English

Etymology

From Middle English sanctuary, from Old French saintuaire, from Late Latin sanctuarium (“a sacred place, a shrine, a private cabinet, in Medieval Latin also temple, church, churchyard, cemetery, right of asylum”), from Latin sanctus (“holy, sacred”); see saint.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sæ?ktj???i/, /?sæ?kt?????i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sæ?kt??u???i/
• Hyphenation: sanc?tu?ary

Noun

sanctuary (plural sanctuaries)

1. A place of safety, refuge, or protection.

   My car is a sanctuary, where none can disturb me except for people who cut me off.

2. An area set aside for protection.

   The bird sanctuary has strict restrictions on visitors so the birds aren't disturbed.

3. A state of being protected, asylum.

   The government granted sanctuary to the defector, protecting him from his former government.

4. The consecrated (or sacred) area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar.

Synonyms

• haven
• presbytery
• refuge
• zoar
• shelter

Translations

Further reading

• sanctuary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sanctuary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Derived terms

• privileged sanctuary
• sanctuary city
• sanctuarylike

English

Noun

eden (plural edens)

1. (rare) Alternative letter-case form of Eden (“a paradise”)
   • 1990, Kevin Starr, Material Dreams: Southern California through the 1920s:

     The essential formula of both the John Carter and the Tarzan stories was that of an upperclass hero confronting a challenging, radically exotic environment, a lush jungle eden or an eden of extraplanetary technology, […]

Anagrams

• Dene, Dené, Ende, deen, dene, ende, need

Danish

Noun

eden

1. definite singular of ed

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

eden

1. Plural form of eed

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch Eden, from Middle Dutch eden, from Latin Eden, from Biblical Hebrew ?????? (éden), from Akkadian ???????????? (/edinu/, “plain, lowland; wilds, steppes; land naturally irrigated, untouched fertile land”), from Sumerian ???? (eden, “plain, open country”). Doublet of adnan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ed??n]

Noun

eden (first-person possessive edenku, second-person possessive edenmu, third-person possessive edennya)

1. paradise, heaven.

   Synonyms: adnan, firdaus, jannah, nirwana, indraloka, kayangan, kedewaan, keindraan, suargaloka, suralaya, surga, surgaloka, paradiso

Further reading

• “eden” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

eden m

1. definite singular of ed

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Metonymically from the Garden of Eden, from Biblical Hebrew ?????? (eden).

Noun

eden n (definite singular edenet, indefinite plural eden, definite plural edena)

1. a paradise

Proper noun

eden

1. Alternative letter-case form of Eden

See also

• eldorado

References

• “eden” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Eden, ende, nede

Polish

Etymology

From Eden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.d?n/

Noun

eden m inan

1. (figuratively) Eden (paradise on Earth)

   Synonym: raj

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) ede?ski

Related terms

• (noun) Eden

Further reading

• eden in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• eden in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French éden.

Noun

eden n (uncountable)

1. Eden

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *(j)edin?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???d?n/

Numeral

éd?n

1. one; independent form of èn.

Usage notes

The form êden is used when the word does not modify a noun directly, but stands in predicate position.

Further reading

• “eden”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Noun

eden

1. definite singular of ed

Anagrams

• -ende, ende