Paradise

'''Paradise''' is a Persian loanword into English (from the Persian word پرديس Pardis, hebrew PaRDeS). This word has the following usages in English:

• the ideal heavenly place which was once embodied by the Garden of Eden.
• the heaven of bliss which, in some religions, awaits the best, repentant, or chosen people.
• an enclosed garden, sometimes called a paradise garden.
• the third book of Dante's Divine Comedy.
• the name of some places in the United States of America:
• *Paradise, California.
• *Paradise, Kansas.
• *Paradise, Louisiana.
• *Paradise, Michigan.
• *Paradise, Montana.
• *Paradise, Nevada.
• *Paradise, Pennsylvania.
• *Paradise, Texas.
• *Paradise, Utah.
• *Paradise Township, Pennsylvania.
• Paradise, Tasmania, Australia.
• Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

eo:Paradizo fr:Paradis nl:Paradijs sv:Paradis

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