Paradise

See also: paradise

English

Etymology

From paradise.

The town in Newfoundland is named after Houmet Paradis near Guernsey.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pă'rədīs, IPA(key): /ˈpæɹ.ə.daɪs/
  • Hyphenation: Par‧a‧dise
  • Rhymes: -æɹədaɪs
  • Homophone: paradise

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Paradise

  1. (religion) Heaven.
  2. (religion) The Garden of Eden.
  3. A town in Grenada.
  4. A village in Suriname.
  5. A settlement on the island of Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
  6. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona.
    2. A town in Butte County, California.
    3. A census-designated place in Mono County, California.
    4. A city in Kansas.
    5. A census-designated place in Montana.
    6. An unincorporated town and census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.
    7. A township and census-designated place therein, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
    8. A city in Texas.
    9. A town in Utah.
    10. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Paradise Township.
  7. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  8. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
  9. A rural locality north of Glenorchy, Otago, New Zealand. [1]
  10. A number of places in England:
    1. A hamlet in Askam and Ireleth parish, Barrow-in-Furness district, Cumbria (OS grid ref SD2278). [2]
    2. A hamlet in Painswick parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8611). [3]
    3. A suburb of Hemel Hempstead, Dacorum district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL0506). [4]
    4. A small riverside suburb in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ2163).
    5. A neighbourhood in central Birmingham, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP0686).
    6. A northern suburb of Coventry, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP3481). [5]

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