# Hesperides

> English word · Noun · IPA /hɛˈspɛɹɪdiːz/

## Definitions
1. A group of nymphs who tend a blissful garden filled with trees that grew golden apples in a far western corner of the world, located in Libya or the Atlas Mountains in North Africa at the edge of the encircling Oceanus; they are said to be the daughters of Hesperus.
2. The garden of the Hesperides.
3. A paradisaical land of plenty, especially one in the far West.

## Etymology
From Latin Hesperides, from Ancient Greek Ἑσπερίδες (Hesperídes).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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