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Eden, in the Bible

Eden, in the Bible.

1 Son of Joah.

2 Priest. Perhaps this is the same as (1.)

3 See Eden, Garden of.

4 Unidentified trading center, possibly in Mesopotamia.

5 Place somewhere near Damascus.

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Eden, rivers, England and Scotland

Eden, name of several rivers in England and Scotland. The principal one rises in Cumbria, N England, and flows 65 mi (105 km) NW past Carlisle, into Solway Firth. The Vale of Eden is a rich farming region.

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Eden¹

Sir (Robert) Anthony, Earl of Avon. 1897--1977, British Conservative statesman; foreign secretary (1935--38; 1940--45; 1951--55) and prime minister (1955--57). He resigned after the controversy caused by the occupation of the Suez Canal zone by British and French forces (1956)

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Eden²

Old Testament the garden in which Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation

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Eden

earthly garden of luxury; abode of Adam and Eve. [O.T.: Genesis 2:8]

See : Paradise

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Eden - A concurrent, object-oriented, distributed operating system and language, based on remote procedure call. It has both synchronous and asynchronous message passing. ["The Eden System: A Technical Review", G. Almes et al, IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-11(1):43-59 (Jan 1985)].

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Eden

a river in Great Britain. Length, 153 km. It originates in the Pennines, flowing between them and the Cumbrians in a broad valley and falling into the Solway Firth of the Irish Sea. The Eden has an abundance of water in winter. It is navigable to the city of Carlisle.