paradise
noun
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Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2023
Fruity flavors like strawberry, watermelon, and pineapple can transport you to a tropical paradise with each bite.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
The set of the ABC morning show was transformed into a tropical paradise for the occasion, complete with palm trees and a blue sky backdrop.
—Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 21 Aug. 2023
One of Cusco’s most famed attractions is the Inca Trail, which is a 4-day journey through what was once known as the Inca Empire.
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Bergen, Norway
Bergen is an adventurer’s paradise with seemingly endless opportunities to enjoy activities like kayaking, river rafting, and climbing.
—Nina Derwin, Redbook, 17 Aug. 2023
Yes, this is a shopper’s paradise, thanks in part to the long stretch of more than 120 retailers, including many outlet stores.
—Patricia Harris and David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
As the sun set and the crowd applauded, Mr. Buffett had an epiphany that this tropical paradise, with its scoundrels, literary lights, smugglers and fishermen, would be home as well as endlessly fertile ground for songwriting material.
—Glenn Rifkin, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2023
The two posed together on a boulder and then later, Delilah posed solo as the preteen took in her trip to paradise.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2023
Much of what makes Hawaii feel like paradise, after all, is a lushness that—even among the infrastructure of mass tourism—reflects a culture of respectful harmony, first of all with nature.
—Time, 15 Aug. 2023
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Word History
Middle English paradis, paradise "the Garden of Eden, heaven," borrowed from Anglo-French paradis, borrowed from Late Latin paradīsus, borrowed from Greek parádeisos "enclosed park or pleasure ground" (Xenophon), "the Garden of Eden" (Septuagint), "the abode of the blessed, heaven" (New Testament), borrowed from an Iranian word (perhaps Median *paridaiza-) cognate with Avestan pairidaēza- "enclosure," nominal derivative of pairidaēz- "build a barrier around," from pairi- "before, around" (going back to Indo-European *per-i, whence also Sanskrit pári "around, about," Greek péri "around, in excess") + -daēza- "heap up, build" (occurring only with prefixes), going back to Indo-European *dhoi̯ǵh-éi̯e-, iterative derivative of *dhei̯ǵh- "knead, shape" — more at peri-, feign
Note: As an independent derivative of the verb, Avestan daēza- "heap, pile (of earth, stones)" has been compared with Greek teîchos (neuter s-stem) "wall, fortification," toîchos (masculine) "wall of a house or enclosure," Sanskrit dehaḥ "body," dehī́ "wall, embankment," Oscan feíhúss (accusative plural) "walls." For a Germanic derivative from the same verbal base with a different sense, see dough.
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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paradise
noun
Middle English paradis "the Garden of Eden," from early French paradis (same meaning), from Latin paradisus (same meaning), from Greek paradeisos "Garden of Eden," literally, "enclosed park"
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Paradise
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