# Garden of Eden

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. In the Book of Genesis of the Bible and Surat Sad of the Qur'an, a garden at the source of the Gihon, Pishon, Tigris, and Euphrates rivers, where Adam and Eve first lived after being created.

## Etymology
Calque of Biblical Hebrew גַּן עֵדֶן (gan ʿḗḏen).

## Source
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